Reference
What you're really paying for
A plain-language reference for every published charge behind a fuel price on Sint Maarten and the fuel clause on your electricity bill. Each figure is shown with its official source and the date it was published.
Where the money goes
What you're really paying for
Every figure below is shown with the announcement it came from and the date it was published. Anything not yet published is marked as such.
- Maximum pump price — regular (ULG)
- Not published on file yet
- Maximum pump price — diesel
- Not published on file yet
- Freight
- XCG 0.107 per litre
- Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
- Terminal throughput (THRX) · Confirmed
- XCG 0.080 per litre
- NAf 0.080/L in published fuel price regulations 2017–2023 (sintmaartengov.org)
- Wholesaler margin
- XCG 0.230 per litre
- Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
- Retailer margin — regular (ULG)
- XCG 0.145 per litre
- Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
- Retailer margin — diesel
- XCG 0.126 per litre
- Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
- Import duty (gasoline only)
- XCG 0.290 per litre
- Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
- Turnover tax
- 5%, applied twice
- Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
- Published fuel clause for that month
- Not published on file yet
No published fuel clause rate is on file for that month, so no comparison is shown.
Glossary
Every term, in plain words
Freight
The cost of shipping the fuel to Sint Maarten, set as a fixed amount per litre in the national decree.
Source: Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
Terminal throughput (THRX) · Confirmed
What the fuel terminal charges to move fuel across the jetty and through its tanks, per litre.
Source: NAf 0.080/L in published fuel price regulations 2017–2023 (sintmaartengov.org)
Wholesaler margin
The amount the wholesaler is allowed to add per litre under the decree.
Source: Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
Retailer margin
The amount the filling station is allowed to add per litre; it differs for regular and diesel.
Source: Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
Import duty
An import charge applied per litre to gasoline only.
Source: Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
Turnover tax
A percentage tax applied at two points in the chain under the decree.
Source: Sint Maarten Gazette fuel price regulation (issue number not verified)
Maximum pump price
The highest price a station may charge per litre, announced by the Ministry of TEATT with an effective date.
Source: Ministry of TEATT — maximum pump price announcement
Fuel clause
A per-kWh charge on the electricity bill that passes through the cost of the fuel burned to generate the power.
Source: NV GEBE tariff publication
Meter Mate is an independent consumer tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for NV GEBE, TEATT or BTP. Figures are shown as published; where a figure is missing, the app says so rather than estimating.
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