Gasoline, diesel prices rise amid global pickup
By Du Juan | China Daily | Updated: 2015-02-10 07:59
Chinese retail oil prices are rising amid a pickup in the global crude market, increasing costs for the logistics and transportation sectors.
The retail price of gasoline will be raised by 290 yuan ($46.58) a metric ton, or 0.21 yuan a liter, and the price of diesel by 280 yuan a ton, or 0.24 yuan a liter, starting Tuesday.
The increases were announced on Monday by the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic planner.
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