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Table 13. Sales, Prices, Costs, and Margins in U.S. Refining/Marketing for FRS                 Companies, 2005-2006
	2005	2006	Percent Change 2005-2006
Refined Product Sales (Million Barrels per Day)	22.4	21.3	-4.6
	(2006 Dollars per Barrel)
Gasoline Average Price	73.38	83.79	14.2
Distillate Average Price	74.31	83.23	12.0
Other Products Average Price	49.03	58.50	19.3
All Refined Products Average Price	69.07	79.08	14.5
Less:  Raw Materials Costs and Product Purchases	58.89	66.98	13.7
Equals: Gross Refining Margin	10.18	12.10	18.8
Less:  Direct Operating Costs	6.56	6.81	3.8
Equals:  Net Refining Margina	3.62	5.29	45.9
Reseller/wholesaler spread (dealer price - wholesale price)	2.25	3.43	52.3
Retailer spread (company-operated price - dealer price)	5.81	4.88	-16.0
aSee Appendix B, Table B32, for the components to calculate the refined product margin.
Source:  Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-28 (Financial Reporting System).