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Lotte Fine Chemical, the largest producer of urea in Korea, announced that it has secured 19,000 tons of urea. This is the amount that Korea can use for a car for about two or three months. The government, which secured supplies for several months in a hurry, allowed urea water to be sold only at gas stations in the future to prevent hoarding, and allowed car drivers to buy up to 10 liters at a time.



Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.



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emergency supply and demand adjustment measures mean that the government will directly control and manage the distribution network, just like the 5 sub-titles at the time of the 'mask crisis'.



It is believed that distribution problems, as well as supply disruptions, contributed to the shortage of urea water.



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 Office, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy: To accurately identify the causes of supply and demand problems and to make immediate prescriptions possible by transparently managing the distribution process. .] In the



meantime, you could buy urea water at large marts, etc., but in order to prevent hoarding, the place where you can buy urea water is limited to gas stations.



You can buy up to 10 liters of passenger cars at a time, and 30 liters of cargo/van, construction machinery, and agricultural machinery.



However, it is permissible for a 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 the number of urea are required to report the amount of imports, sales, and inventory every day to check the supply and demand situation.



This measure will take effect until the end of the year and may be extended depending on circumstances.



Ureas obtained from overseas are also supplied according to the domestic distribution price.



[Kim Beop-jeong / Head of Climate and Carbon Policy Department, Ministry of Environment: It will be about 1,200 won per liter.

Even if the price of the quantity imported by the government rises slightly, the supply will be adjusted according to the price circulated in Korea.

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700 tons of urea found through on-site inspection, 2 million liters of urea for vehicles have also been produced.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Lee Hong-myung)   



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