The government set about stabilizing the fuel market.
We coordinated with key ministries and the leadership of Naftogaz of Ukraine regarding the situation on the fuel market, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko, informs the PromPolitInform portal.
“The current situation in the fuel market has primarily external reasons. At the same time, fuel prices in Ukraine remain lower than in a number of neighboring European countries.
To stabilize the market, the Government is implementing a set of measures. In particular, the state-owned company Ukrnafta, until the situation stabilizes, will sell fuel with a minimum trade margin, forming a benchmark for a fair price on the market in the current conditions.
In parallel, we work with other operators of the fuel market and count on their responsible and balanced pricing policy.
She also instructed the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and the State Food and Beverage Service to tighten control over the pricing policy of operators in order to prevent unreasonable margins and market manipulations by individual market participants.
Separately, she instructed the First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Energy, together with the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Development, the Ministry of Economy and Naftogaz, to pay special attention to providing key areas. The absolute priority remains to meet the needs of the defense sector. At the same time, it is important to guarantee the availability of fuel and price stability for farmers, as well as sufficient resource and price stability for public transport.
We are also working with international partners to increase the volume of fuel imports to the Ukrainian market,” Yulia Sviridenko concluded.
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