The price of a litre of octane 95 petrol will fall to 1.36 dirhams from 1.47 dirhams at the start of next month, the ministry said via Twitter. It cited lower demand for petrol at this time of the year as well as movements in international petrol prices and higher supply.
The domestic diesel price will rise to 1.40 dirhams from 1.37 dirhams.
Last July, the UAE said it was shifting from a system of fixed, subsidised fuel prices to adjusting prices monthly in response to global trends.
It did not reveal details of its new formula nor say whether subsidies would be removed entirely, but announced that fuel prices would be "based on the average global prices with the addition of operating costs".
