The recent fall in prices for gasoline of Premium Euro-95 and Super Euro-98 in Azerbaijan has to do with the slump in oil prices in world markets, Deputy Head of the SOCAR Public Relations and Event Management Department Ibrahim Ahmadov said on March 13.

Decrease in gasoline prices in Azerbaijan for Premium Euro-95 and Super Euro-98 grades is due to global drop in oil prices, Deputy Head of Public Relations and Events Department at the Azerbaijani State Oil Company SOCAR Ibrahim Ahmadov told Trend.

Starting from Nov. 30, a 15 percent duty on gasoline imported to Azerbaijan will be introduced, Trend reports Nov. 29.

Kazakhstan is ready to start exporting domestic gasoline in the near future, Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev said at the reporting meeting with the public.

The State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) of Armenia investigates the reasons for the rise in gasoline price in the country.

In the 1Q2019, about 350,000 tons of gasoline were produced in Azerbaijan, David Mammadov, SOCAR vice-president for refining, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on “Oil Refining and Petrochemistry of the Caspian Sea and Central Asia - Conjuncture, Projects Implementation, Technical Solutions” in Baku, Trend reports.

Kazakhstan imposed a ban on the import of gasoline from Russia by rail. The order was signed by the Kazakh Minister of Energy, Kanat Bozumbayev, according to the ministry's website.

Iran intends to become one of the largest exporters of gasoline in the region and in the world and has taken another important step to achieve this goal.

Kazakhstan has the cheapest gasoline among 33 countries of the world, RIA Novosti reported.

Kazakhstan will be provided with its own gasoline and diesel fuel from this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Yerbolat Dossayev.