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It seems that the government will announce a plan to further cut the fuel tax today (the 5th).
Gasoline is expected to go down by about 80 won per liter, but for diesel, which is widely used in trucks, the cut is not as big as expected, so the government is preparing a supplementary measure.
Reporter Han Sang-woo reports.
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Drivers these days are looking for a gas station that is even a little cheaper.
[Park Seung-soo / Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: I go over there, go to this place, and if there is (gasoline) cheap, I go and put it in.]
The average price of gasoline at gas stations nationwide has been staying around 2,000 won for almost 3 weeks.
As the price burden is high, the government is likely to introduce additional fuel tax cuts today.
With the already lowered 20% lowered by 10% to the maximum set by the law, 1 liter of gasoline lowers about 82 won.
However, diesel, which was cheaper than gasoline, only cut 58 won.
The price difference between gasoline and diesel will also be narrowed at 80 won.
[Kyung-jik Park / Truck driver: (even when lowered by 20%) It was not so much that I could feel it with my skin, it was insignificant.
Diesel doesn't drop much compared to gasoline...
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More dissatisfied are truck drivers who receive fuel subsidies.
The oil price subsidy is a method of giving an amount obtained by subtracting 183 won from the current fuel tax.
As it is essential to the industry and has an impact on prices, we are demanding separate measures.
[Cho Gyeong-joon / truck driver: (rather than subsidies), the government should adjust the fixed price by setting the 1,800 won to 1,700 won range.]
Taking this into consideration, the government took this into consideration, along with additional support measures for trucks, and imported crude oil produced by the Korea National Oil Corporation overseas. We are also planning to announce emergency measures.