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Petrobras reductions: State will reduce the sale price of asphalt to distributors by up to 6,4%

Written by Roberta Souza
Published 31/08/2022 às 12:17
Petrobras, asphalt, distributors
Photo: reproduction agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br

With this, it will be the second consecutive reduction made by Petrobras in asphalt sales prices for distributors in 2022

On the 1st of September, the Petrobras will readjust asphalt prices, with a 6,4% reduction in sales values ​​for product distributors. This is the second consecutive reduction made by Petrobras in asphalt prices for distributors, which had already dropped by 4,5% at the beginning of August.

Also, it is worth mentioning that the Brazilian asphalt market is open to free competition and there are no legal, regulatory or logistical restrictions for other distributors to act as asphalt producers or importers. Thus, Petrobras' pricing method always seeks balance with the market and follows changes in the value of the product and the exchange rate, up and down, but without passing on the daily volatility of international prices and the exchange rate.

To stay inside prices of asphalt and other Petrobras products, as well as Petrobras' sales prices for distributors, just visit the state-owned company's website: precos.petrobras.com.br. According to an ANP regulation, the new asphalt prices for distributors will be available on this website from September 1st, the effective date.

Petrobras achieved the title of largest dividend paying company in the world

In addition to reducing asphalt prices for distributors, Petrobras (PETR3;PETR4) became the world's largest dividend-paying company in the second quarter of this year, surpassing companies such as Nestlé, Rio Tinto, China Mobile, Ecopetrol and Microsoft. In the same period of 2021, the Brazilian state-owned company had transferred US$ 1 billion to its shareholders.

The information on Petrobras' dividends is from the 35th edition of the Global Dividend Index by manager Janus Henderson, exposed firsthand by the InfoMoney website. The database quarterly analyzes the world's 1.200 largest companies by market capitalization, which represent 90% of dividends paid worldwide. The British manager has around US$ 300 billion in assets under management.

Petrobras is the only Brazilian company to appear on the list of the 10 largest dividend paying companies. The mining company Vale (VALE3), which in the last quarter was in ninth position, lost its place at the top of the ranking.

This is the first time that Petrobras appears among the highlights and, according to Janus Henderson, the company will certainly be part of the list of the biggest payers in the world in 2022, to be released in early 2023.

According to the survey, global dividends had a record in the second quarter of 2022, adding up to US$ 544,8 billion. In nominal terms, the increase was 11,3%. In underlying terms (with adjustments due to the exchange rate effect and non-recurring dividends), the increase was 19,1%.

Janus Henderson also highlighted that 94% of the companies considered in the index raised their dividends or kept them stable in the period. Furthermore, world dividends managed to surpass pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels and are now only 2,3% below the long-term trend.

Petrobras and other Brazilian companies helped boost the new record in global dividend payments, points out the manager. Brazilian earnings totaled US$ 10,4 billion in the second quarter of 2022, the highest value in the series that began in 2009, against US$ 4,2 billion in the second quarter of last year.

In addition to Petrobras, companies such as JBS (which distributed US$ 465 million in the second quarter, according to Janus Henderson) and Bradesco (with payments of US$ 219 million) also appear in the Global Dividend Index.

Roberta Souza

Petroleum Engineer, postgraduate in Commissioning of Industrial Units, specialist in Industrial Corrosion. Get in touch to suggest an agenda, advertise job vacancies or advertise on our portal. We do not receive resumes

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