FAIR PROFIT OR PROFITEERING?
28th February 1991, Page 44
28th February 1991
Page 44
Page 44, 28th February 1991
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Commodities Market, Microeconomics, Profit, Profiteering, Price Of Petroleum, Petroleum, Business / Finance
• Betore the Gulf war started the diesel price on agency was 29p per litre, rising to 38p per litre during January. The reason given was the rising price of crude oil.
The price is now 36p per litre, although crude oil prices are now down to pre-war prices.
As many owner-drivers rely on this method of obtaining their diesel, are the oil companies just making a profit at the expense of the road haulier? R J Carter, Director, Cosmos Transport, Fleckney, Leicestershire.
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