Representatives of the gas stations of the Capital DistrictMiranda and Vargas states warn that they do not have income to meet operating, tax and labor expenses, due to the debt they maintain Pdvsa with these companies. They highlight that some $5 million per month stops honoring the state to these establishments
The Metropolitan Association of Gasoline Vendors of the Capital District, Miranda and Vargas state (Metrogas) requires a Petroleum of Venezuela (Pdvsa), honor the debt that the state company maintains with these establishments and, which derives from the fuel billing system at a subsidized price through the homeland system platform.
“We are talking regarding 5 million dollars a month throughout the country that PDVSA is keeping by suspending payment to service stations with the sale of subsidized gasoline, and the debt is much higher if we add the service stations that serve public transport who have not received payment for 23 months,” a source from the sector told TalCual.
Since June 2020 there are three types of service stations as a result of the adjustment plan in the fuel price: those that sell gasoline at the international price of 0.50 dollars per liter, those that sell at a subsidized price of 0.11 bolívares per liter, and the pumps that serve public transport, which is 100% exempt from fuel payment (gasoline and diesel). Pdvsa must execute the reconciliation of the payment to the gas stations that supply the fuel to the carriers, however, they do not receive any income from this sale.
In a communication sent to the managing director of PDVSA National MarketColonel Marino Lugo Aguilar, point out that the resources that owed to service stations they represent the only important income, for the payment of common and current expenses, among them the salary of the personnel that works in these businesses.
“This debt, accumulated in liters which averages significant amounts, when received in liters, we cannot use it to pay expenses or costs to be able to carry out daily operations in the best conditions of quality, optimal service and, above all, safety. , which might be affected, as it does not have the necessary resources, due to compliance with the payments of our services”, stated Metrogas in the letter signed by its president, Ana María Urdaneta.
On March 25, Pdvsa informed the service stations that payment for fuel at a subsidized price will only be through the sistema BiopagoPDVtherefore it will not be possible to pay more with bolivars in cash or through the points of sale.
They also emphasize that despite the effort to maintain the sale of fueldebts have been accumulating for a long time service stations with other public institutions, service companies, municipal entities, workers, among others.
“Considering that at the present time they are not paying us the margin amount to cover costs, we urgently request that you comply with the commitment made,” they reiterate.
At the time of writing this information, the letter sent by Metrogas a Pdvsa on Thursday, April 28, he still had not received a response. The National Federation of Hydrocarbon Entrepreneurs Associations (Fenegas) had also sent a communication to Pdvsa at the end of April, which warned that the suspension of all collection in the subsidized gasoline vending stations«generates a series of complications for companies as they are not receiving the income corresponding to the sale of fuel».
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