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Petrol price determinants span eight major factors: crude oil benchmarks, OPEC+ production decisions, currency fluctuations, government taxation, refinery costs, geopolitical disruptions, demand-supply dynamics, and futures speculation. Each factor feeds into the final pump price through interconnected pathways, with crude oil price and OPEC+ cuts exerting the strongest influence on global markets. Understanding these drivers is critical for policymakers, energy analysts, and economists forecasting inflation and trade impacts. Fork this diagram to customize regional tax structures, add local currency effects, or model scenario-based price projections. The Pakistan petrol price formula breakdown illustrates how ex-refinery cost, petroleum levy, GST, and dealer margin compound to determine consumer-facing prices.

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What are the main factors that determine petrol prices and how do they affect the final pump price?

Petrol prices are driven by eight interconnected factors: crude oil price (largest driver), OPEC+ production cuts (40% of global supply), USD exchange rates, government taxes and levies (30-50% of price), refinery and distribution costs, geopolitical tensions, global demand-supply imbalances, and futures market speculation. In Pakistan, the final pump price equals ex-refinery cost plus petroleum l