CNI News

16 August 2022

If gas stations halting sales and limiting the sales are found, complaints can be made by contacting the phone numbers published according to the respective areas, the Central Committee on Ensuring Smooth Flow of Trades and Goods issued on August 15.

As the Central Committee on Ensuring Smooth Flow of Trades and Goods, they announced that through the import, storage, and distribution from the business supervisory committee, they are making efforts at their best for the citizens to be able to use fuel with the fair and right price, to ensure to not face domestic fuel shortage and working hard to manage import and distribution.

Therefore, some petrol stations caused people to worry with a purpose and said that there is a shortage of fuel or the stock is low by hoping for their own benefits then halting the sales and limited sales are conducted, its statement mentioned.

The spokesperson of SAC, Major General Zaw Min Tun said, “I would like to say that it is not a huge concern for the public regarding the fuel. Yesterday, an oil tanker docked at Thilawa port. It landed at port and unloaded oil. Today (August 15) too, there are four ships docked and unloaded oil. All in all, around 60000 tons of 92-95 and premium petrol in total have already been unloaded today. It is estimated to be about 1,300,000 gallons. Today, 2700 tons for 92, 3000 tons for 95 and over 22000 tons of premium diesel are unloaded at the same time. Another one will be next. And about 20000 tons will also come in on August 18, likewise about 290000 tons on August 19. After that too, 12 more tankers will arrive. So, I just want to say that there is nothing to worry about as it has already been about 1,300,000 gallons that were unloaded.”

the statement of the Central Committee on Ensuring Smooth Flow of Trades and Goods

Then, as the Central Committee on Ensuring Smooth Flow of Trades and Goods, they stated that enough fuels till the end of August, 2022, have already been imported and distributed, thereafter managements are being made systematically by cooperating with the Supervisory Committee on Import, Storage and Distribution of Fuel Oil, concerning the continuous replenishment of fuel oil so that people can use with no worries.

That is why the committee issued that complaints can be made via the phone numbers published according to the respective areas if petrol stations halting the sales and limited sales from them are found.

In the past few days, there were long queues at the petrol stations to fill up due to the limited and halted sales of fuel in Mandalay, Yangon and Sagaing including Lashio and Muse, Northern Shan State.