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Vietnam cuts oil product import taxes

  • Mercados: Oil products
  • 23/12/10

Singapore, 23 December (Argus) — The Vietnamese government is cutting import taxes for gasoline, diesel and fuel oil from 1 January next year, aiming to help offset the financial losses of domestic retailers with international prices having surged in recent months.

Vietnam's ministry of finance is cutting the import tax for gasoline from 12pc to 6pc, diesel from 5pc to 2pc and fuel oil from 7pc to 5pc. The cuts come as Singapore 92R prices, the regional gasoline benchmark, rose to $101.85/bl yesterday and the highest level since September 2008. The 92R crack spread rose to $8.25/bl yesterday, up from $7.75/bl a week earlier.

The tax cuts are unlikely to prompt spot demand for gasoline as importers still stand to lose out because of the differential between international and domestic prices. But the cuts could help stabilise domestic prices ahead of the lunar new year in February, although some still see a potential price hike during the peak consumption period.

The east-west arbitrage window still remains tightly shut, with Los Angeles 84R values overtaking Singapore 92R by $3.20/bl as of yesterday. 

Strong international prices are reflected in the higher term contract prices sealed yesterday by the country's biggest importer Petrolimex for next year. Petrolimex bought six 250,000 bl cargoes of 92R gasoline at premiums of $0.10/bl to Mops on a fob South Korea basis, $0.20/bl on a fob Taiwan basis and $0.50-0.60/bl on a fob Singapore basis. These include one cargo each from Taiwan and South Korea, as well as one every quarter from Singapore. Next year's term prices are higher than the current 2010 contract for a similar volume, done at between parity and a $0.20/bl discount on a fob basis.

Petrolimex will issue a separate quarterly product import tender for the January-March period in the next week or two. The company will not seek increased supplies because of the latest tax cuts.

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