Fiji has a secure fuel supply for the coming weeks but faces further price pain, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said, as his government moved to cushion households and businesses with a $56 million response approved by Cabinet on April 21. Rabuka’s update on the nation’s fuel stocks on April 19 provides the clearest picture yet of how close Fiji is to the edge of its storage cycle and why another retail price increase is likely next month.
“As of the 19th of April 2026, Fiji’s fuel supply remains stable,” Rabuka said, reporting about 45 million litres of fuel on land and a further 22 million litres expected before the end of April. That brings total available supply for April to roughly 67 million litres — “close to half of our total national storage capacity,” he said — while daily consumption holds steady at approximately 2.5 million litres. At that burn rate, the April stock would cover just under 27 days of fuel use.
Rabuka warned that routine drawdown of stocks will see fuel levels fall to around 40 million litres, or about 29 percent of storage capacity, by the end of April. He stressed this decline is part of the normal supply cycle to allow safe berthing and discharge of incoming shipments, and described Fiji’s current position as “Phase 1 — a normal supply situation, but under pressure from high global fuel prices.”
The government’s plan to blunt the immediate impact of higher pump prices is a $56 million redeployment from within the existing 2025–26 budget, Rabuka said. “This is not new borrowing,” he added, noting the funds are being reprioritised from delayed projects to provide direct assistance to vulnerable families, support for businesses and to help maintain essential services. The Prime Minister framed the intervention as temporary relief while markets remain volatile.
Suppliers have committed to deliver about 118 million litres in May, a shipment profile Rabuka said would lift national stocks back to over 59 percent of storage capacity and substantially ease supply-side pressure. Despite that, he warned consumers to expect further price adjustments: the independent regulator, the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (FCCC), raised fuel prices on April 1 to reflect higher international purchasing costs, and Rabuka said another increase is anticipated in May amid persistent global price pressures. He cited the ongoing war in the Middle East and disruptions such as intermittent closures of the Strait of Hormuz as drivers of volatility.
The April update follows months of government and regulator warnings that Fiji’s imported fuel market is sensitive to geopolitical shocks. Statements from March flagged the risk that closure or disruption of major shipping routes could push Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS) and freight costs higher, outcomes now being seen in retail price movements. For now, Rabuka’s message is that supply is not the problem — cost is — and the $56 million package is intended to shield the economy while international markets stabilise.