The quantity of overseas car visitors refuelling with diesel at petrol stations close to Malaysian borders has considerably decreased for the reason that implementation of the diesel gasoline subsidy rationalisation for Peninsular Malaysia on June 10, Bernama has reported following its survey at a number of petrol stations close to the Bukit Kayu Hitam immigration, customs, quarantine, and safety (ICQS) advanced.
The report cited a number of station operators and staff as saying that though the transfer ‘would possibly scale back income’ for these stations, they expressed reduction as it might assist curb smuggling and misappropriation.
International automobiles refuelling at a petroleum station in Changlun, about 8 km from the Bukit Kayu Hitam ICQS advanced have considerably decreased in quantity for the reason that value of diesel has elevated by way of the subsidy rationalisation, based on Bernama.
“Solely 20% of our diesel quota is offered to personal or different industrial automobiles, together with overseas automobiles, that are restricted to buying solely 20 litres per transaction. However now, there are only a few overseas automobiles refuelling right here. Beforehand, there have been many overseas four-wheel-drive automobiles. Solely passenger automobiles like vans nonetheless refuel with diesel right here,” mentioned station operator Mohamad Nekmat Ariffin.
He additionally noticed a lower in diesel gasoline gross sales at his station with the worth enhance following the subsidy rationalisation, saying that it was because of logistics firms switching to different petrol stations, and a few firms are delaying their operations whereas ready to obtain the diesel gasoline subsidy by way of the Subsidised Diesel Management System (SKDS 2.0) fleet card system.
In the meantime at a petroleum station alongside the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Jitra freeway, the quantity of overseas automobiles refuelling with diesel has dropped by greater than 50% for the reason that enhance of the worth of diesel to RM3.35 per litre, based on petrol station workers member Muhammad Irfan Kamarulan.
Two grades of diesel are offered at this station – Euro 5 B7 and Euro 5 B10 – and whereas the station offered round 8,000 litres of B10 diesel day by day, that quantity has dropped to between 5,000 litres and 6,000 litres a day, he mentioned. To curb misappropriation, the station’s administration has capped diesel purchases for overseas automobiles to RM30, despite the fact that the permissible restrict is 20 litres, Muhammad Irfan mentioned.
“Typically, automobiles refuel with diesel as much as 3 times a day. We will’t make certain if they’re common customers or [are] concerned in misappropriation, so we restrict diesel purchases to RM30 per refuel for overseas automobiles. If the identical car returns, we scale back the acquisition restrict to RM20,” he continued.
In the meantime, a petroleum station in Napoh, 18 km from the border has seen a discount in diesel gross sales of round 50% following the rationalisation. The place it offered 1,000 litres to 2,000 litres of diesel day by day, the quantity has dropped to “a number of hundred litres a day”, however it’s not a difficulty as this station primarily sells petrol, mentioned station supervisor Brian Yuen, based on the Bernama report.
Final week, minister of home commerce and value of dwelling Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali mentioned that almost 200,000 diesel automobiles have been authorised for the Diesel Subsidy Management System (SKDS 2.0) as of Wednesday, June 12, although presently there are nonetheless 180,000 industrial automobiles which are but to be registered underneath SKDS 2.0, KPDN deputy minister Fuziah Salleh mentioned yesterday.
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