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government decided to directly manage the distribution of the number of elements while securing elements that were lacking one after another. To prevent hoarding, we decided to sell urea water only at gas stations, and set a purchase limit so that passenger cars can purchase up to 10 liters and trucks can purchase up to 30 liters.



Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.



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Lotte Fine Chemical, the largest producer of urea in Korea, announced that it has secured 19,000 tons of urea, which can make 58,000 tons of urea for vehicles on its own.



It is equivalent to 2-3 months' worth of urea water for all vehicles in Korea.



Having secured these missing elements one after another, the government has now taken an emergency supply and demand measure to directly address the problems in the distribution network that are fueling shortages.



In fact, through a recent crackdown, the joint enforcement team found 3,000 tons of elements accumulated by private importers.



[Joo Young-joon/Director of Industrial Policy Department, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy: To accurately identify the causes of supply and demand problems by transparently managing the distribution process, and to make immediate prescriptions possible… .]



First of all, to prevent hoarding, we limited the sales of urea water, which were also sold at large marts, to gas stations.



In addition, a purchase limit of up to 10 liters has been set for passenger cars and 30 liters for cargo and vans, construction machinery and agricultural machinery.



However, it is permissible for the seller to make a direct supply contract with a specific consumer such as a construction site or a large transportation company to sell.



In addition, companies that import, produce, and sell urea and urea water to check the supply and demand situation are required to report related information every day.



We also decided to match the volume of imports from overseas to domestic distribution prices.



With 700 tons of urea found through on-site inspection, we started to produce 2 million liters of urea for vehicles, and we will supply vehicles with high publicity, such as buses and vacuum cleaners, first.