Formed Team Watch LPG

DUMAI - In order to monitor and control prices prevailing among agents and retailers of LPG  the Department of Trade and Industry (Industry and Trade) Dumai form a task force team.

"The team will monitor the price and size 3 Kg LPG supply in the market after raising the size of 12 Kg LPG prices by Pertamina," said Acting Head of the Department of Industry Dumai, Zulkarnain, Friday ( 3/1/2014).

Disperindag Besides, this team involve the Police, Economic Section, municipal police and other relevant agencies.

Dikhawatir 12 kg LPG price hike will adversely affect the supply of LPG 3 kg. Initially, many people are leaving the big tube LPG. With the ever rising price of gas then certainly a small tube will be increasingly invaded .

Thinning level, harrga 12 kg LPG market ranged between Rp135.000 to 150,000. While the size of 3 kg sold Rp17.000 to Rp22.000. In fact, this small tube gas HET only Rp14.700.

"We hope that does not happen kelanggan 3 kg gas tube due to a large increase in the price of bottled gas. Monitoring team will do the price and also the number of tubes that circulate in the market," he explained.

Anticipating the shortage, the Department of Industry has proposed an additional quota of 3 kg gas tube size to 10,000 tubes per day. Although the proposed mid-December, but has not been able response from the PT Pertamina.(*)