Diesel drops a few cents to $4.718
Diesel drops slightly after small jump last week.
The Trucker Staff
7/21/2008
After a $0.037 increase last week, diesel dropped $0.046 this week when the weekly retail on-highway price per gallon was $4.718, a jump of $1.829 a gallon from the same week a year ago, according to the Energy Information Administration.
All regions showed a slight drop in the price per gallon. The New England (-$0.020) and Central Atlantic (-$0.043) regions both topped the chart at $4.869, with the least expensive average showing up in the Midwest (-$0.049) where a gallon of diesel was $4.649.
California dropped out of the $5 range with a price per gallon of $4.964, down $0.062. California hit $5.001 July 7 and $5.026 July 14 before dropping.
For a three week comparison of diesel prices by region, see chart below.
|
Weekly Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices - Average All Types
(Dollars per gallon, including all taxes) |
|
Region |
07/07/08 |
07/14/08 |
07/21/08 |
Change from
week ago |
Change from
year ago |
| U.S. |
4.727 |
4.764 |
4.718 |
-0.046 |
1.829 |
| East Coast |
4.789 |
4.822 |
4.773 |
-0.049 |
1.913 |
| New England |
4.863 |
4.889 |
4.869 |
-0.020 |
1.919 |
| Central Atlantic |
4.887 |
4.912 |
4.869 |
-0.043 |
1.924 |
| Lower Atlantic |
4.741 |
4.777 |
4.723 |
-0.054 |
1.908 |
| Midwest |
4.654 |
4.698 |
4.649 |
-0.049 |
1.767 |
| Gulf Coast |
4.697 |
4.737 |
4.701 |
-0.036 |
1.886 |
| Rocky Mountain |
4.672 |
4.718 |
4.714 |
-0.004 |
1.726 |
| West Coast |
4.886 |
4.909 |
4.845 |
-0.064 |
1.784 |
|
| California |
5.001 |
5.026 |
4.964 |
-0.062 |
1.806 |