In Vietnam, the VN Express newspaper reports that the Ministry of Planning and Investment is looking at measures to help business hit by COVID-19. Among the list of tax breaks proposed is a cut to the current 16 cent per liter environment tax lobbed on E5 but they must still be approved by the national […]
In Vietnam, VietnamNet reports that uptake of E5 at the pump continues to be lagging, with the fuel accounting for just 20% of market share during the first half of 2019 compared to just over 30% last year. Fuel retailers put the blame on retail prices that are too similar to standard gasoline, so drivers […]
In the UK, drivers are being urged to think more carefully about the environmental impacts of their journeys through a new government campaign launching Thursday when filling stations across the UK will start rolling out new labels, which will help educate drivers on the benefits of biofuels. Gasoline, which contains up to 5% renewable ethanol, […]
In Vietnam, local press reports that on top of falling demand for E5 over the past 18 months whereby stations find it hard to justify storing and selling the fuel when only a few hundred liters per month are sold, it’s become even less viable due to rising oil prices that kick in the government’s […]
In Vietnam, despite pushing E5 heavily and a fuel shortage earlier in the year that forced drivers to fill up with ethanol-blended gasoline, local press reports that the government is concerned by a drop-off in E5 consumption so has called for a policy review to see what other measures can be taken. Consumption of E5 […]
In Vietnam, local press reports that with the government setting the price of 5% ethanol blended gasoline below the price of standard 95 octane gasoline, market share has jumped to 40% in Ho Chi Minh City from a previous 30%. Car owners are still slow to pick up on the use of the E5 blend […]
In Vietnam, drivers have been reluctant to switch to E5 RON92 despite various rounds of incentives and communications campaigns by the government but now they’re left with little choice but to use the fuel as the country’s largest refiner shut down earlier in the year, leaving filling stations with only about half of their RON95 […]
In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports that the country finally achieved 5% ethanol blending in the 12 months through November at 1.5 billion liters of ethanol blended, up from 1.11 billion liters the year prior, although oil marketing companies did contract for 1.6 billion liters. More than 600 million liters was sources from Uttar […]
In Vietnam, the government has reduced the pump price of E5 to 84 cents per liter in an attempt to boost demand as uptake continues to be slow. E0 as well as diesel prices were also lowered, while kerosene remained unchanged. The ministries lowered the fuel prices in response to fossil fuel prices dropping by […]
In Vietnam, the Saigon Times reports that the government’s efforts to promote E5 are at last beginning to pay off as consumption rises in Ho Chi Minh City to more than 30,000 cubic meters per month, more than 3.5 times original volumes when the fuel was first launched. E5 is now priced at a discount […]
