Gas prices will go up by almost 2 dollars this week.

Petrojam has announced that a litre of gasolene will move up by $1.97 in Jamaica.

Effective tomorrow, it will cost $99.80 to buy a litre of E10-87, while E10-90 will be sold for $100.45 per litre.

Meanwhile, the price of automotive diesel oil will go up by 1.43 and that fuel will be sold for $100.72 per litre.

A litre of kerosene has been increased by 1.85 to sell for $102.35.

In the meantime, propane cooking gas will move up by 38 cents to be sold for $32.45 per litre.

Butane will go up by $1.88 per litre to sell for $43.50.

Retailers will add their mark-ups to the announced prices.

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