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How a hike in fuel prices led to mass unrest in Kazakhstan
4 Jan, 2022 21:29 / Updated 4 hours ago
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Riot police gather to block protesters in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 5, 2022.Vladimir Tretyakov / AP
The Central Asian nation is seeing a wave of mass protests triggered by price rises
Kazakhstan has had a rocky start to the new year, with protests spreading across the huge country. This is how a spike in the cost of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prompted thousands to take to the streets.
LPG prices have doubled in a matter of days. The country is a top ten gas exporter and top 20 in the provision of oil.
Reform of fuel market
The spike in prices did not come out of nowhere; it was the result of a sweeping reform launched back in 2019, when Nur-Sultan began a transition to electronic trade in LPG. The amount of LPG traded that way has gradually increased over the past three years, before reaching 100% on January 1
Twofold price hike of liquefied petroleum gas
The country’s government explained that keeping the fuel price caps that had existed in Kazakhstan for years was no longer economically feasible. LPG producers were effectively forced to sell the product at a cheaper price than it cost to produce, with consumption of LPG steadily growing in the country over the past few years.
Steering the LPG trade into the free market prompted the prices to grow twofold in a matter of days, reaching a wholesale price of around 78 tenge ($0.18) and a retail price of 100-120 tenge ($0.23-0.28).