<Anchor> The
government secures raw materials and products for urea water and manages market supply and distribution through emergency supply and demand measures. However, there are still cries out that it is difficult to obtain elements in the field.
Reporter Hyung-woo Jeon covered the scene.
<Reporter> As the
government's emergency supply and demand adjustment measures, urea water has been first supplied to 100 gas stations nationwide since the 13th.
As a result, it is still difficult to find urea water at most gas stations in the city center.
[Gas station employee: I haven't come in yet (the number of urea has gone down) because it's been a little over 3 weeks now. It's been 4 weeks now.]
There are also complaints that gas stations in bases where urea water is supplied first are selling urea water as a bait to sell oil.
[Cargo driver: If you don't add (oil), you can't give 30 liters of (urea) at all. Just put in 10 liters and that's it. In the end, on condition that you put in 100 liters of (oil).] In
the case of heavy equipment, it is difficult to move the equipment to the base gas station, so it is difficult to carry a water bottle and then get rejected for sale.
[Forklift driver: I've been to all over the country, but they don't give it to me. at all. They say you can't sell if you carry a barrel. I can't sell it even if it's in stock.]
Intermediate distribution agencies that supply urea water directly to construction sites or borrowers have difficulty in securing the quantity, and even if they do, they have to find new sales channels for places that have not previously traded with gas stations. neither is there.
As in the case of the mask crisis, there are voices saying that the government should build an urea inventory management app and manage it so that consumers can easily find out where to buy it.