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Rania Chattoura wrote in “Akhbar Al-Youm”:
The diesel and gasoline shortage is a crisis that started about a year ago, and is renewed from time to time, as some stations close or people crowd to stock up … But in reality the reason is “smuggling into Syria “which will ultimately lead to punishment for all Lebanese by lifting support On Fuel.
Observing that this smuggling is a path that has passed through “your eye, merchant”, from the facilities, through Lebanese territory, reaching the border with Syria, and into the Syrian interior.
And in numbers:
The price of a can of gasoline in Lebanon is about 25,000 Lebanese pounds, reaches the borders at 50,000 and is sold within Syria for about 125,000 Lebanese pounds.
The price of a diesel plate in Lebanon is about 15,000 Lebanese pounds, reaches the borders at 20,000 and is sold within Syria for about 50,000 pounds.
Seasonal distributors
A source from the Ministry of Energy revealed that before the start of the subsidy, the number of distribution companies or owners of oil tankers registered in the oil facilities was 85, and this number gradually increased about a year ago to about 260 … which raises many questions.
The source explained through the agency “Akhbar Al-Youm” that everyone who owns a red plate tank obtains a certificate from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, registers at the facilities without any clear or specific mechanism, which indicates that the facilities management attempted to screen these seasonal merchants for bank guarantees. These people have no broadcasters and their only goal is to make quick profits. They also collided with the interventions of regional politicians, including leaders, ministers and representatives …
In response to a question, he indicated that the reason for the emergence of this category of traders is the fuel shortage in Syria, which is why they have no customers in Lebanon. Rather, they smuggle the fuel unethically, where they get a dollar in cash: $ 6 a plate based on 7,500 pounds. For the exchange rate.
Corporate performance
The source said that the facilities, which seek not to waste the goods they have, are on the one hand under political pressure, and on the other hand under pressure from the media and social networks, to deliver their amounts.
The source pointed out that despite this reality, fuel distribution companies know the “history of their customers” in terms of the quantities they need per month with mobile margin, and thus still deliver the fuel in an organized and regular manner, despite of all the difficulties, especially the delay in the opening of credits and the high exchange rate.
The only solution … otherwise!
And about the solution? The source stressed the need to control borders, punish smugglers and control quantities in the local market in a way that prevents smuggling into Syria … otherwise, there is no choice but to lift subsidies. .
He concluded: It is not allowed to continue financing smuggling as long as the Banque du Liban reserves have reached the red lines.
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