DUBAI  - Saudi Arabia's state oil giant Aramco has set its April propane price at $230 a tonne, down from $430 a tonne in March, the company said on Tuesday.

Aramco has set April butane at $240 a tonne, down from $480 a tonne in March.

The prices provides a benchmark against which Middle East sales of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Asia are gauged.

(Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli and Dahlia Nehme, writing by Dahlia Nehme; Editing by Louise Heavens) ((dahlia.nehme@thomsonreuters.com;))