MAP
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After several months of continuous increases, the new maximum allowable price (MAP) — or the wholesale price released by ASG’s Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) —effective Aug. 15 is finally dropping but the retail price may not be realized,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Retail gasoline prices are edging toward or even above $6 per gallon as the new maximum allowable price (MAP) — effective July 15 shows an increase from the previous MAP, with some motorists taking the chance last Thursday morning — July 14 — to fill up their gas tanks...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The new maximum allowable price (MAP), or wholesale price, for land diesel and unleaded gasoline — which became effective Apr. 15 — is expected to, or has already pushed the retail price at local gas stations to exceed the $5 per gallon mark for motorists on Tutuila.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Continued drop in crude oil prices, has contributed to the latest decrease in the local maximum allowable price (MAP), or wholesale price, for all fuel products sold in American Samoa, according to the latest report from the ASG Office of Petroleum Management (OPM)...
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Because of the increase in crude oil prices and transportation costs, the new maximum allowable price (MAP) or wholesale price of all petroleum products sold in American Samoa will see a major increase in fuel cost for the MAP, which goes into effect this week, according to the ASG Office of...