The Government renews for six months the price caps on gasoline, diesel and 25-pound gas
Executive Decrees 75 and 76 replace the regulations that expired on October 28; the National Energy Secretariat will set fuel prices every fourteen days.
The Ministry of the Presidency published Executive Decrees 75 and 76, both dated October 27, 2026, in Official Gazette No. 30643 of that same day; they renew price regulation for liquid fuels and liquefied petroleum gas. Their recitals note that Executive Decrees 31 and 32 of April 28, 2026 expired on October 28, and that the Consumer Protection and Competition Authority (ACODECO) issued a favorable opinion on the prior consultation through notes dated October 7.
Article 1 of Executive Decree 75 regulates for six extendable months the retail prices of 91 and 95 octane gasoline and low-sulfur diesel in 18 localities, including Panama City, Colón, Arraiján, La Chorrera, Penonomé, Chitré, Santiago, David and Changuinola. Article 2 instructs the National Energy Secretariat to set maximum prices by locality through a resolution and update them every fourteen calendar days based on import parity, freight and reasonable marketing margins. Article 5 excludes marinas whose secondary activity is selling fuel to private yachts and sailboats.
Executive Decree 76 directly sets, in its article 1, the wholesale and retail prices of the 11.34-kilogram (25-pound) cylinder. In Panama City and San Miguelito the retail cap is US$4.37; in Colón City, US$4.72; in Santiago, Chitré and Las Tablas, US$4.89; in David, US$5.12; and on Isla Bocas, US$6.40. Donoso has the highest level on the list, at US$6.90. The recitals justify the control on the need for the state subsidy on the cylinder to reach consumers, and article 2 instructs ACODECO to ensure that result.
For distributors, service stations and retailers, the regulation keeps margins tight and exposes anyone selling above the cap to ACODECO sanctions (article 3 of Decree 75 and article 4 of Decree 76). For households and transport operators, the practical effect will depend on each resolution of the National Energy Secretariat, which will pass international price changes through to the pump every fourteen days. Both decrees are provisional: they apply from their promulgation for six extendable months and provide for their removal once the distortions that prompted them disappear.
Nexo Capital will follow the price resolutions issued by the National Energy Secretariat.
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