Soaring Fuel Costs Threaten Livelihoods of Small Business Owners – The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea
Soaring raw product selling prices induced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are affecting every corner of the financial state. Diesel costs are now on a par with gasoline, exacerbating situations for truck drivers and modest-small business homeowners.
According to the Korea Nationwide Oil Corporation, the regular cost of diesel offered at petrol stations nationwide stood at W1,919.5 for each liter on Sunday, the maximum level due to the fact July 2008 and just W81 cheaper than gasoline (US$1=W1,221).
It is the least expensive big difference in between gasoline and diesel costs since January 2009, when the typical variance around the earlier 10 years was W192.
That is because the international diesel price tag has soared amid the Russia-Ukraine war, and nearby price ranges have benefited less from the government’s gasoline tax minimize.





Diesel is now currently being traded at greater costs than gasoline in Singapore. But diesel taxes are 70 per cent of all those on gasoline in Korea.
In specific, the increase is threatening the livelihoods of tiny organization homeowners, quite a few of whom use diesel decide-up trucks or vans, as well as cargo truck motorists.
Just one 59-yr-aged cargo truck driver explained, “My month to month gasoline charges have amplified by between W700,000 and W800,000. I assume it’s going to be better just to end doing the job for the time remaining.”
According to the Korea Transportation Institute, gasoline expenditures account for 42.7 per cent of cargo truck drivers’ total expenditures. Also, 38 per cent, or 10 million, of the 26 million vehicles in Korea use diesel, and 3.3 million are cargo vehicles.
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