Pump vs spot
Below normalEast Coast pump price vs New York Harbor spot
$0.808/gal for the week of Aug 17, 2026: the East Coast (PADD 1) pump price minus New York Harbor ULSD spot, nearest business day. The gap includes fuel taxes and distribution, so it is a proxy for the retail layer, not a station's margin.
Data through Aug 17, 2026 · source last checked Aug 25, 2026 · page revised Aug 25, 2026
Cite
- Retail minus spot
About this data
- Source
- Derived from EIA retail diesel and ULSD spot
- Series
- East Coast pump price vs New York Harbor spot
- Basis
- Retail pump (taxed) minus FOB spot
- Unit
- $/gal
- Calculation
- Weekly, spot matched to the nearest business day
- Last observation
- Aug 17, 2026
- Update frequency
- Weekly
Now $0.808/gal, 44% below the 5-yr median.
The East Coast retail-minus-spot gap fell to $0.808/gal for the week of Aug 17, down 17.6% from the prior week. The margin sits 44% below the five-year median. Over four weeks, the gap has contracted 24.9%.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | $0.808/gal | $0.981/gal | -17.6% |
| vs 4 weeks ago | $0.808/gal | $1.076/gal | -24.9% |
| Year over year | $0.808/gal | $1.436/gal | -43.7% |
| vs 5-yr median | $0.808/gal | $1.436/gal | -43.7% |
Previous weeks
An earlier week
The East Coast retail-minus-spot margin fell 42 cents to $0.981/gal. The gap now runs 31% below its 5-year median, reflecting a compressed retail layer. Year-over-year, the margin is down 30.8%.
An earlier week
The East Coast pump-minus-spot gap widened 15 cents to $1.401/gal for the week. The margin sits 3% below the 5-year median.
About East Coast pump price vs New York Harbor spot
This gap is the whole retail layer in one number: federal and state fuel taxes, transportation, storage, wholesale markups and station margin, plus timing differences between the hub and the pump. It is not a station's or a retailer's margin, and we do not call it one. Wide and widening means the pump has not followed the wholesale market down, whatever the reason.
The latest week here can trail the retail pages. Each point pairs a Monday-dated retail price with the nearest spot print on or just before that Monday, and EIA publishes the daily spot series in batches. Until the spot days around a new survey Monday are out, that week cannot be computed, so the newest retail week shows up here a few days later than it does on the price pages.