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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Table
U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices, 03/09/09
Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
Gasoline  (Cents per Gallon) Diesel Fuel  (Cents per Gallon)
03/09/09 Change from 03/09/09 Change from
  Price Week Ago Year Ago   Price Week Ago Year Ago
U.S. 194.1 values are up0.7 values are down-128.4 U.S. 204.5 values are down-4.2 values are down-177.4
East Coast 191.8 values are down-0.4 values are down-127.6 East Coast 212.2 values are down-3.1 values are down-174.8
  New England 191.2 values are down-1.0 values are down-125.8   New England 243.4 values are down-3.8 values are down-150.4
  Central Atlantic 194.0 values are down-0.1 values are down-124.5   Central Atlantic 228.7 values are down-2.7 values are down-170.2
  Lower Atlantic 190.3 values are down-0.4 values are down-130.5   Lower Atlantic 202.2 values are down-3.3 values are down-179.2
Midwest 191.8 values are up3.1 values are down-127.3 Midwest 198.8 values are down-4.2 values are down-179.6
Gulf Coast 181.9 values are down-1.0 values are down-131.2 Gulf Coast 200.6 values are down-3.7 values are down-179.2
Rocky Mountain 181.4 values are up2.4 values are down-129.5 Rocky Mountain 201.7 values are down-7.4 values are down-171.5
West Coast 216.8 values are down-0.2 values are down-128.9 West Coast 212.0 values are down-6.5 values are down-176.5
  California 219.6 values are up0.7 values are down-134.1   California 207.5 values are down-6.9 values are down-188.0
Regional Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. Regional Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (January 2009) Retail Price: $1.79/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are 
paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by 
pipeline, stored at terminals, and trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, 
and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers 
sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Diesel (January 2009) Retail Price: $2.29/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by pipeline, stored at terminals, and 
trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
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