Effective immediately AMSOIL has implemented a temporary ~10% pricing surcharge on all of their products – except for oil filters.
Effective April 8 2026, AMSOIL is implementing a temporary surcharge across our product portfolio. The surcharge will vary by product type and be built into the product price rather than applied during the transaction so it is abundantly clear for customers. This is a temporary measure to recover spiraling costs.
Why did AMSOIL apply a surcharge?
Turmoil in the Middle East is disrupting supply chains and driving up costs of virtually everything used to manufacture and distribute lubricants, including base oils, additives, packaging components and freight.
The situation is highly volatile and changing rapidly with the supply of raw materials under threat industry wide. While AMSOIL has absorbed these costs up until now we have received multiple large price increases from our suppliers.
AMSOIL will adjust the surcharge as costs dictate in the months ahead to minimize the impact on customers.
What can I do?
Commercial accounts who use lubricants every day should check stock and reach out to suppliers to confirm pricing and availability. Check if it’s possible to use a higher grade product or alternative in your existing machinery – take the time now to understand what products you are able to pivot to for cost or availability issues. Is it possible to reduce the number of common products you have to stock? Be wary of any non-standard lubricants required as those may become more difficult to source.
Average consumers won’t be as affected – today the costs have increased but products are still all available. Lubricants aren’t the same as toilet paper shortages seen in Covid – no need to panic buy. Lubricant manufacturing is a slow moving process – there are “buffers” of finished goods that will eventually run out in the next 3 months all along the supply chain from oil tankers, refineries and even your buddy Tony who has been hording hundreds of litres of 5W30 for the past 10 years.
My recommendation remains what it has always been. Have at least 1 oil change and filter available on the shelf for each of your vehicles. If you are a high mileage driver – stock 2 for your heavily used vehicles.
If you’re concerned – think about upgrading to a higher quality product now and when the time comes to change it look at a Used Oil Analysis to have the data required to safely decide if you can extend your oil change interval on that piece of equipment.
