Substandard Fuel: LPGAP for curbing imports
Demand authorities to take steps for controlling the influx of sub-standard imported
The shopkeeper, Ghulam Nabi, was illegally decanting Liquefied Petroleum Gas into a cylinder. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS
LAHORE:
The LPG Association of Pakistan (LPGAP) has demanded concerned authorities to take steps for controlling the influx of sub-standard imported LPG. It is damaging the local industry, said LPGAP Chairman Farooq Iftikhar in a statement. He said that locally produced LPG can cater to domestic needs but its high price was coming in the way and encouraging import as well as smuggling of LPG from other countries. Iftikhar said the consumption of LPG during summer decreases not just in Pakistan but also at the international level. Reduction in demand brings down the price but this season the situation in Pakistan has been different, he added. Iftikhar emphasised the urgency in bringing down price to discourage sub-standard imports and enable LPG marketing and storage companies to perform in a competitive manner.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 4th, 2017.
The LPG Association of Pakistan (LPGAP) has demanded concerned authorities to take steps for controlling the influx of sub-standard imported LPG. It is damaging the local industry, said LPGAP Chairman Farooq Iftikhar in a statement. He said that locally produced LPG can cater to domestic needs but its high price was coming in the way and encouraging import as well as smuggling of LPG from other countries. Iftikhar said the consumption of LPG during summer decreases not just in Pakistan but also at the international level. Reduction in demand brings down the price but this season the situation in Pakistan has been different, he added. Iftikhar emphasised the urgency in bringing down price to discourage sub-standard imports and enable LPG marketing and storage companies to perform in a competitive manner.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 4th, 2017.