The ministry gives up the price of oil ceiling, from now on depends on the conscience of oilmen

The supply of oil and gasoline to nearly 2 euros had pushed the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Enterprises to come up with an administrative directive for price regulation.

Based on this instruction, the ministry stood out every day with a decision that set the price ceiling for 24 hours.

With this practice, the ministry continued for a month until July 24th.

On notice two days ago, MINT said that the next “measures for overhauling of oil and Renewable Products and Fuels Prices and other Protection Measures will be taken under the evidence of inspections found by the Central and Municipal-level Market Inspectorate in co-operation with the Kosovo Tax Administration and in close communication and consultation with Kosovo Customs, the Competition Authority, the Oil Association and individual oil and consumer businesses. ”

According to the Ministry, from the day they started with this practice, the price of oil has dropped for 26 cents, of gasoline for 40 cents, until the gas for 13 cents.

Oilmen have been talking about the matter. From the Kosovo Oil Association, they have said the ceiling price the ministry assigned has sent gas stations to the brink of bankruptcy.

The head of this association, Fadil Behrani, has told Gazeta Express that all the retail points have worked in losses, with MINT's decision.

He said they'd respect the berg price.

The price the ministry has detected, the ceiling price has brought gas stations to the brink of bankruptcy. And all the retail points have worked with losses. There are times when gasoline was sold at 10 cents in losses. Kosovo is open and liberal market. We're the smallest country in the world with mostly gas stations. The award defines bell and must be respected. The price on the bell also reflects on us”, Behrani stated.

According to him, the price for a litre of oil today is about 1 euro and 68 cents, for gasoline of 1 euro and 53 cents.

He says the trend is to lose prices even more.

The last week's “is behind the decline of derivatives in the bell, and we have a decrease in the price in international markets and in us in Kosovo and the trend is in decline”, Berjan has declared.

Otherwise, two weeks earlier, Berjan had been addressed with a letter to Prime Minister Kurti about the price ceiling decision for derivatives.

In this letter he had said the government's decision promised 12 cents per litre is not being implemented by MINT.

We once again announce that the Kosovo Government's decision regarding the oil sector has brought small companies to the brink of bankruptcy. This government decision promised 12 cents per liter is not being implemented by the Ministry of Industry, Undertaking and Trade. Points with minorities were supplied yesterday with a price of 1.71 cents within Rep territory. Kosovo's Ministry of Industry, Undertaking and Trade sets the prize at 1.75 cents, where according to this small gas station, they cannot survive 4 cents”, the Berjan letter said.