Many say that in the current economic conditions resuming the gasoline rationing system to better manage (curb) fuel consumption is inevitable, but may not help much in preventing smuggling.
The government sells gasoline much lower than its cost price and pays a huge amount of subsidy -- $35 billion per annum to consumers.
Consumption of the fossil fuel is prohibitively high and further increase means added pressure on the government to produce more gasoline.
According to data from the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company, gasoline consumption in the first month of the new calendar year (March 21-April 20) indicates an increase of 4.7% compared to the corresponding period last year.
May 04, 2019 17:33
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