Samoa, Tonga and Fiji have each decreased their fuel price caps for August, though each of them remains higher than before April when the global fuel crisis began. In Samoa, diesel is down by 13.2 percent to $2.49 tala per litre, and in Tonga, it has fallen to $2.87 per litre. Samoa sources directly from there, while Fiji also sources, to a far lesser degree, from Malaysia and South Korea. Figures released by Fiji’s Statistics Bureau show that in May, Tuvalu’s fuel spend increased more than five fold – from around $611 to $3.9 million. Figures also showed Tonga had spent 112.3 percent more on re-exported fuel from Fiji than the previous month.