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Long lines are forming at gas stations where even a little bit of gas is cheap.

It again exceeded the average of 2,000 won per liter, both for gasoline and diesel.

It has already risen for 4 weeks in a row, and it is unlikely that this upward trend will be broken in the future.



Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam covered it.



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A self-service gas station in Seoul.



The price of gasoline is 1,989 won per liter, which is about 100 won cheaper than the average price in Seoul.



Long lines lined up on the road in front of the gas station as people flocked to fill up on the weekend.



[Kim In-hwan / Gangseo-gu, Seoul: What used to be 35,000 won, but now the fare has risen from 40,000 won, so I’m feeling that it has gone up a lot…

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The average price of gasoline sold nationwide this week was 2,013 won, up 19.3 won per liter from the previous week.



The national diesel price also broke the 2,000 won mark for the first time on the 24th of last month, and then rose 8.1 won more this week.



In the first week of last month, when the government expanded the fuel tax cut rate from 20% to 30%, I wondered if the price would break for a while, but since then, the price has risen more than before the fuel tax cut as it has risen for four consecutive weeks without a single break.



This is because international oil prices have not risen due to the Ukraine crisis and the easing of lockdown measures in Shanghai.



The problem is that there are many prospects that this upward trend in oil prices will continue for the time being.



While demand is expected to increase mainly in the US, which is about to enter the summer vacation season, supply is expected to be further limited due to the adoption of additional EU sanctions that ban the import of Russian crude oil.



[Cho Sang-beom / Head of Korea Petroleum Association: International oil prices are in a situation where supply is very limited compared to the recent increase in demand.

It is expected that the situation will continue to remain high in the future.]



In order to alleviate the price burden, it is pointed out that additional measures are needed, such as extending the deadline for lowering the fuel tax until July or increasing the lowered tax rate.



(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon, video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)