The 12-kilogram kitchen cylinder rose from 1,550 lira (TL) on 30 September to 1,680 lira today, up 130 lira in three days. LPG had faced an excise tax hike on 1 October.
Sector sources said cylinder prices are rising fast and the 12-kilogram cylinder could reach 2,000 lira in the first months of the new year. The picnic cylinder also rose from 350 lira on 1 October to 375 lira today.