The price of a barrel of petroleum has been on the decline recently, but last Friday the Ministry of Industry & Commerce once again announced an increase in local fuel prices. New prices are premium gasoline at RD$217.90, regular gasoline at RD$205.40, regular diesel at RD$187.90, premium diesel RD$192.80, Avtur RD$156.76, and propane RD$99.50. These are new records for the Dominican Republic.