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Fuel prices: survey of 28 Jul 2008

Regular gasoline180.7 yen/Lw/w -0.2

Premium gasoline191.6 yen/Lw/w -0.2

Diesel162.9 yen/Lw/w -0.1

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,303 yen/18 Lw/w +1

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	30 Jul 2007	28 Jul 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	141.3	180.7	+39.4
Premium gasoline	152.2	191.6	+39.4
Diesel	120.0	162.9	+42.9
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,460	2,303	+843
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,573	2,413	+840

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki188.2

Kagoshima185.4

Ōita184.8

Ehime183.8

Nagano183.4

Saga183.2

Fukuoka182.7

Shimane182.7

Shizuoka182.6

Yamanashi182.2

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Akita176.2

Okinawa176.2

Gunma176.9

Saitama177.2

Iwate177.8

Chiba177.9

Yamagata178.0

Ibaraki178.1

Tochigi178.5

Miyagi179.0

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	181.1	191.8	161.5	2,359	-0.5
Aomori	179.3	189.2	161.1	2,283	±0
Iwate	177.8	188.5	158.5	2,237	-0.6
Miyagi	179.0	189.7	159.2	2,258	-0.3
Akita	176.2	187.1	161.3	2,258	-0.3
Yamagata	178.0	189.3	158.8	2,232	-0.5
Fukushima	181.1	192.5	161.0	2,245	-0.2
Ibaraki	178.1	189.1	159.1	2,275	-0.1
Tochigi	178.5	189.6	161.6	2,300	-0.2
Gunma	176.9	187.8	161.0	2,260	-0.4
Saitama	177.2	188.0	160.1	2,270	-0.5
Chiba	177.9	188.6	159.0	2,286	-0.6
Tokyo	181.6	192.4	163.5	2,331	-0.3
Kanagawa	179.4	190.7	165.1	2,323	-0.8
Niigata	180.5	191.1	162.4	2,284	±0
Toyama	181.5	192.4	163.7	2,353	±0
Ishikawa	181.5	192.3	162.4	2,335	-0.7
Fukui	181.0	193.4	167.6	2,302	-0.1
Yamanashi	182.2	193.3	163.2	2,297	-0.1
Nagano	183.4	194.8	165.0	2,235	-0.1
Gifu	181.7	192.9	162.7	2,306	±0
Shizuoka	182.6	194.3	166.3	2,352	-0.1
Aichi	180.8	191.9	162.3	2,288	-0.1
Mie	180.0	191.3	162.4	2,270	±0
Shiga	180.6	191.0	161.6	2,297	±0
Kyoto	181.5	192.8	163.6	2,343	-0.1
Osaka	180.3	191.1	164.6	2,292	-0.3
Hyōgo	181.5	192.6	162.7	2,297	±0
Nara	181.3	192.5	163.0	2,323	-0.5
Wakayama	181.7	192.1	164.6	2,350	-0.1
Tottori	180.7	191.8	164.9	2,297	-0.2
Shimane	182.7	193.2	165.8	2,302	-0.4
Okayama	180.4	191.4	163.1	2,282	-0.1
Hiroshima	180.9	191.8	164.0	2,279	-0.2
Yamaguchi	180.8	191.5	164.1	2,298	±0
Tokushima	180.3	192.8	163.0	2,319	-0.1
Kagawa	181.1	191.9	162.7	2,338	-0.1
Ehime	183.8	194.6	165.3	2,298	-0.3
Kōchi	179.4	189.7	159.1	2,282	±0
Fukuoka	182.7	193.6	163.4	2,296	+0.1
Saga	183.2	193.9	164.2	2,348	±0
Nagasaki	188.2	198.0	168.7	2,366	-0.2
Kumamoto	181.9	192.7	161.8	2,317	-0.1
Ōita	184.8	195.9	166.1	2,328	±0
Miyazaki	181.1	191.9	163.7	2,319	±0
Kagoshima	185.4	194.8	165.8	2,377	-0.4
Okinawa	176.2	186.5	169.3	2,470	+4.1

Weekly cash retail prices from METI/ANRE's petroleum product price survey (consumption tax included; excluded before April 2004). Survey every Monday. Kerosene in yen per 18 L, others in yen per litre.

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Regular gasoline averaged 180.7 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (188.2); lowest: Akita (176.2); gap 12.0 yen.