The price of liquefied petroleum gas rose from 8.97 lei to 9.70 lei per liter today, October 15, IPN reports.

The National Agency for Energy Regulation announced that four oil companies informed it about increases of 0.45-0.60 lei in the price of liquefied petroleum gas. They argued that the import price of the gas grew from US$608 to US$777 per tonne.

The last time the price of liquefied petroleum gas was raised by 0.50 lei in January. Afterward, the price was reduced by 0.30 lei.