Vietnam To Raise Import Taxes On Oil Products Tuesday-Official
Tariffs on gasoline, kerosene and jet fuel will be raised to 25% from 20%, he said. The official with the ministry's tax department declined to be identified.
The import tariff on diesel will be raised to 20% from 15%, the official said.
The tax hike, the fourth this year, is to protect the general interests of the government, enterprises and consumers, he said.
Vietnam imports all the petroleum products used in the country as it doesn't have any operational refining facilities.
-By Vu Trong Khanh, Dow Jones Newswires; 844 35123042; trong-khanh.vu@dowjones.com
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November 17, 2008 02:29 ET (07:29 GMT)
Publié le 17 novembre 2008 Copyright © 2008 Dowjones
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