{"id":308125,"date":"2026-03-01T15:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/308125\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:41:08","slug":"copec-projects-marginal-fuel-price-changes-for-early-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/308125\/","title":{"rendered":"COPEC projects marginal fuel price changes for early March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"article-123\">Consumers should expect slight adjustments in fuel prices in the first pricing window of March 2026, according to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC).<\/p>\n<p>COPEC forecasts that petrol prices will rise by 3.59%, retailing between  GH\u00a211.8 per litre and  GH\u00a213 per litre, while diesel is set to increase by 1.52%, selling between  GH\u00a212.73 per litre and  GH\u00a214.0 per litre. <\/p>\n<p>Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), on the other hand, may see a slight decline of 1.57%, with prices expected between GH\u00a211.48 per kg and  GH\u00a212.69 per kg.<\/p>\n<p>The projected changes are driven by international market movements, including a marginal 1.25% rise in global crude prices and increases in Free On Board (FOB) prices for petrol and diesel, despite a 0.24% appreciation of the cedi.<\/p>\n<p>LPG prices are declining slightly due to a small drop in FOB prices.<\/p>\n<p>COPEC urged Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to exercise restraint and avoid overburdening consumers with these marginal adjustments, highlighting the continued sensitivity of local fuel prices to global trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consumers should expect slight adjustments in fuel prices in the first pricing window of March 2026, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-308125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}