Butane Prices to Increase by 26 Cents Per Gallon Effective Midnight

The price of butane is seeing an increase of twenty six cents effective midnight tonight.  The imported wholesale price for all districts will be three dollars and ninety cents per gallon. The retail price in urban areas namely Belmopan City, Belize City, San Ignacio Town, Benque Viejo Del Carmen Town, Orange Walk Town, Corozal Town, Dangriga Town, and Punta Gorda Town will be one dollar and twenty six cents per pound or five dollars and fifty cents per gallon. In the rural areas of all six districts the price will be one dollar and twenty eight cents per pound and five dollars and sixty cents per gallon.  The increase is reportedly due to an increase in the acquisition price of both propane and butane.