Cooking Gas Price Hike in Qatar
It was surprising to find out that replacing your 12kg gas cylinder would now cost you 5QR more as reported in Gulf Times. So now, a cylinder of cooking in Qatar now costs QR15 instead of 10QR. For a 48kg cylinder, you need to pay up QR55.
I’m not really one to complain though. Our LPG gas usually lasts us about 2-3 months with all the cooking, baking and grilling that we do. In the Philippines, the same cylinder size would cost us roughly QR35, would weigh way below 12kg and last a typical user without grilling and baking a month or even less.
Why is it surprising though in world standards, QR15 for a 12kg cylinder might be the cheapest? Because it’s still a 50% hike of the previous price! I guess this shows that prices of commodities in Qatar are rising as fast as the rental of flats is concerned!
By the way, an empty 12-kg cylinder will cost QR147 instead of QR130, while an empty 48-kg cylinder will be now be priced at QR397 instead of QR300.
from http://www.lifeonthespot.com
Could it be that the distribution costs have increased. After all it travels all the way to Doha :)
It's still relatively cheap though I think