{"id":7410,"date":"2023-05-16T20:45:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/?page_id=7410"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:48:17","slug":"fuel-levy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/fuel-levy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Levy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7410\" class=\"elementor elementor-7410\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb7dd7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"eb7dd7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2ca5bb\" data-id=\"e2ca5bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba706b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba706b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">The Roads Fund constitutes of fuel levy which is a fee charged on every litre of Petrol and Diesel.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">The levy is collected, on behalf of the Roads Fund Administration by the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) from companies that import Petrol and Diesel into the country.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">Fuel levy is the biggest source of revenue for the Roads Fund and it accounts for over <b>85%<\/b> of the Roads Fund annual income.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">Effective <b>20<sup>th <\/sup>January 2026<\/b> the <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) adjusted fuel pump prices.\u00a0 Petrol prices rose by <b>41.90%<\/b>, while diesel prices increased by <b>41.29%<\/b>.\u00a0 This change followed the reintroduction of the <b>Automatic Pricing Mechanism (APM)<\/b>, which had been abandoned for the past three years.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be6fca7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"be6fca7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-842b3ae\" data-id=\"842b3ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8a791b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8a791b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td width=\"204\"><h6><strong>Rates<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><td width=\"204\"><h6><strong>Petrol<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><td width=\"204\"><h6><strong>Diesel<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"204\"><p>Old Rates<\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p>MK126.54<\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p>MK123.13<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"204\"><p><strong>New Rates<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p><strong>Mk506.00<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"204\"><p>MK503.80<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d88c2f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"d88c2f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e0d43c\" data-id=\"1e0d43c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5fa85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e5fa85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\">MERA remits the fuel levy directly to the Roads Fund account on agreed timelines.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;\">The table below shows the Fuel Levy collections for the past five years:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-664f630 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"664f630\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e518196\" data-id=\"e518196\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab736c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ab736c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table width=\"648\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"242\"><h6><strong>PERIOD<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><td width=\"70\"><h6><strong>2025\/26<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><td width=\"87\"><h6><strong>2024\/25<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><td width=\"82\"><h6><strong>2023\/24<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><td width=\"83\"><h6><strong>2022\/23<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><td width=\"83\"><h6><strong>2021\/22<\/strong><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"242\"><p><strong>CURRENCY<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"70\"><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"87\"><p><strong>MK\u2019Billion<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"82\"><p><strong>MK\u2019Billion<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"83\"><p><strong>MK\u2019billion<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"83\"><p><strong>MK\u2019billion<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"242\"><p>Declaration<\/p><\/td><td width=\"70\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"87\"><p>79.30<\/p><\/td><td width=\"82\"><p>70.168<\/p><\/td><td width=\"83\"><p>67.09<\/p><\/td><td width=\"83\"><p>38.254<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"242\"><p><strong>Receipts<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"70\">\u00a0<\/td><td width=\"87\"><p><strong>0.506<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"82\"><p><strong>19.164<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"83\"><p><strong>38.326<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"83\"><p><strong>25.402<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a065f7\" data-id=\"2a065f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-031275d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"031275d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1000px; margin:auto;\">\r\n  <h3 style=\"text-align:center; color:#0B1F3A; font-weight:600;\">\r\n    Fuel Levy Collections (Billions of MWK)\r\n  <\/h3>\r\n  <canvas id=\"fuelChart\"><\/canvas>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/chart.js\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<script>\r\nconst ctx = document.getElementById('fuelChart').getContext('2d');\r\n\r\nnew Chart(ctx, {\r\n    type: 'bar',\r\n    data: {\r\n        labels: ['2025\/26','2024\/25','2023\/24','2022\/23','2021\/22'],\r\n        datasets: [\r\n            {\r\n                label: 'Declarations',\r\n                data: [null, 79.30, 70.168, 67.09, 38.254],\r\n                backgroundColor: '#0B1F3A',\r\n                borderRadius: 6\r\n            },\r\n            {\r\n                label: 'Receipts',\r\n                data: [null, 0.506, 19.164, 38.326,25.402],\r\n                backgroundColor: '#1E7F3B',\r\n                borderRadius: 6\r\n            }\r\n        ]\r\n    },\r\n    options: {\r\n        responsive: true,\r\n        animation: {\r\n            duration: 2000,\r\n            easing: 'easeOutQuart'\r\n        },\r\n        plugins: {\r\n            legend: {\r\n                labels: {\r\n                    font: { size: 14 }\r\n                }\r\n            },\r\n            tooltip: {\r\n                callbacks: {\r\n                    label: function(context) {\r\n                        return context.dataset.label + ': ' + \r\n                               context.raw.toFixed(3) + ' Billion MWK';\r\n                    }\r\n                }\r\n            }\r\n        },\r\n        scales: {\r\n            y: {\r\n                title: {\r\n                    display: true,\r\n                    text: 'Billions of MWK'\r\n                },\r\n                beginAtZero: true\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9064cb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"9064cb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02037b2\" data-id=\"02037b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Roads Fund constitutes of fuel levy which is a fee charged on every litre of Petrol and Diesel. The levy is collected, on behalf of the Roads Fund Administration by the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) from companies that import Petrol and Diesel into the country. 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