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Fuel prices: survey of 11 Aug 2008

Regular gasoline184.4 yen/Lw/w -0.7

Premium gasoline195.3 yen/Lw/w -0.7

Diesel167.2 yen/Lw/w -0.2

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,378 yen/18 Lw/w +3

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	13 Aug 2007	11 Aug 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	145.4	184.4	+39.0
Premium gasoline	156.3	195.3	+39.0
Diesel	123.3	167.2	+43.9
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,499	2,378	+879
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,610	2,484	+874

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki193.0

Ōita189.5

Kagoshima189.4

Kōchi189.0

Kumamoto188.2

Saga187.6

Fukuoka187.2

Ehime187.0

Nagano186.8

Ishikawa186.7

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa173.1

Akita178.7

Yamagata179.8

Tochigi179.8

Gunma180.2

Saitama180.8

Ibaraki181.1

Iwate182.2

Miyagi182.6

Chiba182.7

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	186.2	196.9	167.0	2,430	-1.0
Aomori	183.3	193.3	164.6	2,347	-1.0
Iwate	182.2	193.1	164.3	2,333	-1.6
Miyagi	182.6	193.2	163.3	2,310	-1.4
Akita	178.7	189.1	164.9	2,347	-2.3
Yamagata	179.8	191.0	162.0	2,293	+0.3
Fukushima	185.0	196.1	164.9	2,324	-0.3
Ibaraki	181.1	192.0	162.3	2,321	+0.5
Tochigi	179.8	190.8	163.5	2,326	+0.6
Gunma	180.2	191.2	164.7	2,326	-0.6
Saitama	180.8	191.5	164.7	2,336	-1.8
Chiba	182.7	193.4	164.2	2,365	-1.5
Tokyo	185.1	195.8	168.1	2,391	-0.9
Kanagawa	184.2	195.1	169.6	2,373	-2.2
Niigata	184.9	195.6	167.4	2,373	-0.2
Toyama	185.0	195.9	168.3	2,447	-1.6
Ishikawa	186.7	197.5	167.6	2,411	-0.6
Fukui	185.6	197.8	172.2	2,409	-0.3
Yamanashi	185.8	197.1	168.4	2,365	-0.5
Nagano	186.8	198.4	169.1	2,332	-1.0
Gifu	185.9	197.1	167.4	2,404	-0.4
Shizuoka	186.2	197.8	171.2	2,422	-1.0
Aichi	184.3	195.3	167.3	2,377	-1.0
Mie	183.6	194.9	166.7	2,335	-0.7
Shiga	183.5	194.0	165.0	2,347	-0.1
Kyoto	184.8	196.1	167.4	2,386	-1.3
Osaka	182.9	193.7	168.4	2,349	-1.4
Hyōgo	183.8	194.9	166.1	2,352	-0.5
Nara	183.9	195.2	166.0	2,364	-1.2
Wakayama	184.3	194.7	167.6	2,397	-0.6
Tottori	185.7	196.8	169.5	2,404	-0.5
Shimane	185.0	195.2	170.1	2,390	+0.1
Okayama	184.9	195.9	167.3	2,363	-1.9
Hiroshima	182.8	193.6	166.7	2,334	-0.4
Yamaguchi	184.9	195.4	169.2	2,383	-0.1
Tokushima	184.5	197.3	167.6	2,398	+0.8
Kagawa	184.3	195.3	166.3	2,408	-0.3
Ehime	187.0	197.9	168.9	2,373	+0.1
Kōchi	189.0	199.0	169.0	2,485	±0
Fukuoka	187.2	198.1	168.2	2,365	-0.5
Saga	187.6	198.4	169.5	2,430	-0.8
Nagasaki	193.0	202.9	173.8	2,476	-0.5
Kumamoto	188.2	199.0	168.5	2,453	+0.1
Ōita	189.5	200.4	171.9	2,451	-0.5
Miyazaki	183.5	193.7	167.5	2,400	-0.6
Kagoshima	189.4	198.3	170.2	2,439	+0.4
Okinawa	173.1	183.5	166.3	2,449	-1.2

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 184.4 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (193.0); lowest: Okinawa (173.1); gap 19.9 yen.