Estruturação dos preços e comercialização da gasolina comum para o consumidor final no Rio Grande do Norte em 2021

Abstract

This work aims to analyze how the pricing of Common Gasoline took place in RN in 2021, its sales volume in this period and what economic repercussions arose with the increase in fuel prices. The new Petrobras fuel price policy introduced in 2016, during the Michel Temer government (2016-2018), gained great notoriety during the SAR-COV2 pandemic between 2020-2021, the International Parity Price (PPI) determined the increases and reductions in fuel prices in Brazil, there are several factors that dictate the price, oil as a commodities has a price variation according to demand, exchange rate and import costs. The barrel of oil in the international market has become a matter of concern among Brazilians, with each increase in fuel that is passed on to the final consumer, other products have increased in a cascade effect. According to the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT), the road modal system is responsible for more than 60% of cargo transport in Brazil and was affected by these adjustments, as there was a dynamic change in the price of freight and their transported products became more expensive, these new costs were passed on to consumers. A survey carried out by the pode360 website showed that Petrobras in 2021 readjusted the price of gasoline 16 times (of which 5 reductions), accumulating a high of 68.63% in the year, in the same period according to the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) Brazil sold 39.3 million m³ of common gasoline, with the increase in fuel prices shareholders tend to profit more, Petrobras' objective is to distribute and generate value for its shareholders.