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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
U.S. No 4 Distillate Wholesale/Resale Price by All R&G (Cents per Gallon)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1983 81.7 76.8 72.5 74.1 72.1 72.9 70.0 70.2 69.8 67.9 70.2 71.4
  1984 72.0 71.6 75.5 72.7 70.4 70.1 68.0 65.7 67.9 67.8 71.7 70.5
  1985 71.9 72.2 67.3 67.5 66.0 64.0 62.3 60.3 61.5 64.6 66.4 72.6
  1986 65.1 51.2 44.4 40.2 34.8 35.1 28.0 33.4 33.4 32.3 35.9 39.6
  1987 46.1 44.9 43.0 44.1 45.2 45.6 47.5 51.2 48.4 49.2 49.6 46.6
  1988 47.6 45.9 45.4 44.0 45.7 41.6 39.5 40.8 42.1 31.4 38.5 41.7
  1989 45.7 43.5 44.0 56.0 43.9 46.7 44.1 41.6 49.1 51.1 50.3 58.1
  1990 65.3 53.6 51.6 50.6 43.5 44.0 43.4 63.3 72.0 75.9 80.1 72.1
  1991 71.6 60.1 52.9 50.3 47.0 45.3 46.8 49.5 46.6 50.8 54.4 53.4
  1992 49.5 48.2 46.5 46.5 48.4 49.5 49.5 49.1 50.1 52.7 52.2 51.6
  1993 50.3 49.9 53.8 52.4 51.3 46.9 45.4 46.7 47.5 45.2 45.2 43.4
  1994 46.9 52.9 48.7 39.4 42.6 41.0 43.9 44.9 39.6 43.1 44.2 44.5
  1995 46.1 46.6 42.5 45.6 48.7 46.6 41.8 45.2 43.5 46.1 46.0 51.6
  1996 60.3 58.2 59.1 61.6 57.8 54.3 51.8 54.7 57.2 63.9 65.7 65.7
  1997 63.7 58.8 53.7 49.7 52.9 47.0 46.0 52.6 54.1 56.8 57.3 49.0
  1998 45.9 43.6 40.1 41.7 40.3 36.5 37.5 36.0 36.1 35.3 36.8 30.2
  1999 34.4 29.7 32.6 38.3 42.2 39.1 43.4 49.4 51.9 52.2 63.7 60.2
  2000 76.1 80.9 71.8 63.2 69.1 74.9 71.6 68.9 85.4 91.2 90.1 82.2
  2001 81.5 78.0 71.2 69.4 64.6 60.2 57.2 58.2 65.6 63.4 60.7 56.3
  2002 56.8 55.4 60.8 66.6 64.5 61.9 61.4 63.4 69.4 72.1 67.0 71.9
  2003 77.0 88.2 85.1 71.9 68.4 70.1 71.8 73.6 78.1 75.2 80.3 W
  2004 W W 93.5 91.1 96.2 95.2 97.3 95.4 111.5 127.9 W W
  2005 W W 115.9 127.8 W 131.6 W 152.0 169.1 W W 166.3
  2006 133.2 W 142.2 168.7 144.2 141.5 151.0 142.4 129.6 123.8 129.3 126.9
  2007 116.8 136.0 138.3 137.8 148.3 154.2 163.9 151.8 159.6 172.6 200.0 205.4
  2008 201.6 198.4 220.2 241.5 268.6

Updated on 7/29/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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