Independent Mon News Agency
After Burma (Myanmar) was put in the black list of international anti-money laundry monitoring group, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), it made an increasing price of US dollar and hit the patrol in entire country and most patrol stations are closed and denied to sell.
After the exchange rate to US dollar highed up, it creates the price of commodities in the market. It instabalize to gasoline and patrol prices and most station owners in Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon State, to stop selling for a while.
“We are not dare to sell the patrol and gas now. The prices can be up or may be down. We just stop selling for a while. No always. When the situation is stable, we resume selling again”, said an owner of a patrol station in Maung-nyan quarter in Mawlamyine.
On October 22, the patrol and gasoline prices were at 2,330 kyats per liter, 92 Octane 2,030 kyat per liter, the price of diesel was 2,635 kyats per liter and the premium price was 2,715 kyats per liter respectively.
The local people in Mawlamyine Township said that it was difficult to find the petrol in the city and they faced problems in their travels and in their livelihoods.
A local town resident said, “in this moring, I have tried to find patrol. I did not get any from stations, but has to fill in from outside small shop. It is expensive”.
The patrol and gasoline prices are expensive in samll shops and one liter became up to 4,000 Kyats.
Since the military junta, State Administrative Council (SAC), seized the political power in February, 2021, the patrol prices has increased up to tripled and the people also faced shortage of patrol and gasoline in often.
