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|   | |Fuel Price Country=Bolivia  |   | |Fuel Price Country=Bolivia  | 
| − | |Fuel Pricing Policies=*Bolivia is net-importer of fossil fuels from Venezuela and Argentina  | + | |Fuel Pricing Policies="Pricing policy: Fuel prices are uniform, controlled by government, and frozen for years at a time. Since Jan 2009, vehicles with foreign licence plates have been charged international prices, set every quarter. On the domestic market, the price of oil is US$27/bbl. Concerned about declining oil production, government issued Supreme Decree 1202 in Mar 2012, providing a tax credit of US$30/bbl to foreign companies in addition to US$10 in cash they were receiving. As late as Dec 24, 2010, government was reportedly denying any intention to reform subsidies. However, just two days later, as part of a broader subsidy reform, government increased diesel price by 83% and gasoline by 73%, the largest since 1991 when prices were raised by 35%. Government was also to raise the fee paid to oil producers from US$27 to US$59 a barrel.  | 
| − | *Fuels are sold subsidized
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| − | *Prices are heavily regulated
  | + | Protests: The increases in Dec 2010 were completely reversed 5 days later following widespread protests, as was food subsidy reduction.  | 
| − | *Price gaps to neighbouring countries enforces smuggling
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| − | *Low revenue for oil producers (27 USD per barrel) leads to underinvestment
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| − | "Fuel prices are uniform, controlled by government, and frozen for years at a time. Since Jan 2009, vehicles with foreign licence plates have been charged international prices, set every quarter. On the domestic market, the price of oil is US$27/bbl; concerned about declining oil production, government issued Supreme Decree 1202 in Mar 2012, providing a tax credit of US$30/bbl to foreign companies in addition to US$10 in cash they were receiving. As late as Dec 24, 2010, government was reportedly denying any intention to reform subsidies. However, just two days later, government as part of a broader subsidy reform increased diesel price by 83% and gasoline by 73%, the largest since 1991 when prices went up 35%. The increases were completely reversed 5 days later due to widespread protests, as was food subsidy reduction. In Feb 2011, government created a new ministry of communications, 8 years after such a ministry had been abolished. Fuel subsidies have amounted to about 3% of GDP in recent years."
  | + | Consequences of subsidies: Fuel subsidies have amounted to about 3% of GDP in recent years.  | 
|   | + | Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011  | 
|   | + | US$ billion	108	140	288	487	462	666	706  | 
|   | + | % of GDP	1.1	1.2	2.2	2.9	2.7	3.4	2.9  | 
|   | + | Government newspaper Cambio.  | 
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|   | + | Information: Government posts current fuel prices on its Web site. In Feb 2011, government created a new ministry of communications, 8 years after such a ministry had been abolished."  | 
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|   | (Source:  Kojima, Masami. (2013, forthcoming). “Petroleum product pricing and complementary policies:Experience of 65 developing countries since 2009.” Washington DC: World Bank.)  |   | (Source:  Kojima, Masami. (2013, forthcoming). “Petroleum product pricing and complementary policies:Experience of 65 developing countries since 2009.” Washington DC: World Bank.)  | 
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Part of: GIZ International Fuel Price database
  Fuel Pricing Policies 
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"Pricing policy: Fuel prices are uniform, controlled by government, and frozen for years at a time. Since Jan 2009, vehicles with foreign licence plates have been charged international prices, set every quarter. On the domestic market, the price of oil is US$27/bbl. Concerned about declining oil production, government issued Supreme Decree 1202 in Mar 2012, providing a tax credit of US$30/bbl to foreign companies in addition to US$10 in cash they were receiving. As late as Dec 24, 2010, government was reportedly denying any intention to reform subsidies. However, just two days later, as part of a broader subsidy reform, government increased diesel price by 83% and gasoline by 73%, the largest since 1991 when prices were raised by 35%. Government was also to raise the fee paid to oil producers from US$27 to US$59 a barrel.
Protests: The increases in Dec 2010 were completely reversed 5 days later following widespread protests, as was food subsidy reduction.
Consequences of subsidies: Fuel subsidies have amounted to about 3% of GDP in recent years.
Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
US$ billion	108	140	288	487	462	666	706
% of GDP	1.1	1.2	2.2	2.9	2.7	3.4	2.9
Government newspaper Cambio.
Information: Government posts current fuel prices on its Web site. In Feb 2011, government created a new ministry of communications, 8 years after such a ministry had been abolished."
(Source:  Kojima, Masami. (2013, forthcoming). “Petroleum product pricing and complementary policies:Experience of 65 developing countries since 2009.” Washington DC: World Bank.)
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  Fuel Price Composition 
Price composition as of 2002/12/01.
 
Source: example to estimate %-values for each component
http://uneprisoe.org/Pricing/FuelPricingPolicies.pdf pages 15-18
http://www.tmf-vat.com/international-vat-rates-2010/94-bolivia-vat-rate.html
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