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Fuel price pressures and supply risks in Indian Ocean
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In early August, rising global oil prices linked to the Middle East conflict pushed Brent crude above $100 a barrel, straining fuel markets in Mauritius and Madagascar. Mauritius’ Petroleum Pricing Committee prepared to decide on a modest price rise while the state trading firm absorbed higher freight and insurance costs, widening its price‑stabilisation deficit. At the same time, the International Monetary Fund delayed a $183 million budget‑support disbursement to Madagascar after the government imposed a fuel‑price cap and suspended the automatic price‑adjustment mechanism required under its programmes. Malagasy officials stressed Finance Minister Herinjatovo Aimé Ramiarison clarified that the move suspension was a temporary response to an energy emergency and not a withdrawal from the IMF agreement, indicating that negotiations on programme, stating, “It is not a withdrawal, but there are still points we need to discuss together.” By mid-August, Madagascar’s fuel supply faced potential disruption due to logistical complications at the issue were ongoing. A few days later, port of Toamasina. The Groupement Pétrolier de Madagascar (GPM) warned that the IMF formally postponed simultaneous arrival of two tankers could destabilize the disbursement, citing supply chain. While the suspension GPM had planned a shipment of diesel, gasoline, and kerosene, the fuel‑price adjustment as government chartered an additional vessel, the reason Sunda 1, from Nigeria to provide 67 million liters of diesel for the delay. Madagascar’s finance minister reiterated that utility Jirama. To accommodate this state-chartered shipment, the country meets most structural benchmarks and that discussions with government requisitioned storage capacities at the IMF would continue to resolve Toamasina terminal, a move the pricing dispute. presidency described as a successful example of South-South cooperation following engagements with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.
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