The price of a butane gas cylinder rises 1.87% to €18 today

From today, Tuesday May 20th, the maximum retail price of a butane gas cylinder will rise by 1.87% to €18, marking the fifth straight increase since September of last year, when rises resumed. It will so reach its greatest point since early November 2022.

According to sources from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, the increase in this latest revision is due to the amortisation of the deficit generated in the previous revision by applying the new marketing cost value to the calculation formula (€0.86 per bottle), as regulated by Order TED/211/2025, offset by a drop in raw material prices (-12.17%) and freight prices (-0.58%).

The maximum selling price for packaged liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) in containers weighing 8 to 20 kilogrammes, often known as the conventional butane cylinder, has not been liberalised. The General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines reviews its value biweekly, on the third Tuesday of each month.

This bimonthly review is calculated using the cost of raw materials (propane and butane) in international markets, freight costs (transport) and the euro-dollar exchange rate’s evolution. Furthermore, this price review, whether upward or downward, is limited to 5%, with any excess or shortfall carried forward for following evaluations.

During the current two-month period, the temporary increase of 20 euro cents per 12.5-kilogram container on the temporary 5% limit on the maximum increase in the excluding tax price, intended to accelerate the incorporation of the new marketing cost increase regulated in that order into the final price.

will no longer apply because the expenditure has been fully amortised. Bottled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is a mixture of hydrocarbons, primarily butane, that is used as an alternative to natural gas for energy consumption in pressurised containers, particularly in towns or metropolitan areas that are not linked to the natural gas grid.

Currently, 64.5 million LPG cylinders of various sizes are consumed annually. This fuel is in decline, as overall bottled LPG use fell by more than 25% between 2010 and 2021.