The price of a liter of gasoline in Costa Rica has dropped ¢11, while the price of a liter of diesel fuel has gone up ¢4.

It's the sixth time this year that gasoline prices have fallen.

A bigger drop in gasoline prices had initially been approved by the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP), except that an inflation-driven adjustment to the fuel tax of 1.69 percent will be added, resulting in a lower than predicted drop in price.

The cost of super gasoline has gone down from the current ¢575 to ¢564 and regular from ¢558 to ¢547. Diesel has increased from ¢484 to ¢488.