Oil price and tax stopped 200 more small four wheel car in Three Pagoda-Thanpyuzayart route from transporting oil

 

Independent Mon News Agency

 

April 6, 2004

 

In this year, the small four wheels car in Three Pagoda-Thanpyuzayart route stop transporting oil to Burma because  the oil price getting down and the tax also getting increased.

 

In Three Pagoda-Thanpyuzayart road more than two hundreds four wheels car routing and especially these car are transporting oil, people and materials

 

“We do not want to carry the oil because we have no benefit on it and we get just nine hundred kyat for a can and   we also have to pay 75% for the tax from this amount money to pass 20 check point with out interrupting along the road ,”said a group of four wheels car owner.

 

Last year, oil trader paid 1400 kyat for a can to the car owner for transportation cost from Three Pagoda to Thanpyuzayart and the oil price had 12000 kyat a can.

 

The four wheels car only has to pay 500 kyat to fifteen checkpoints in last year and this year five more checkpoints based in along the road and increased 200 kyat more tax for a can.

 

Now the oil price about 300 kyat get down because of more and more oil trader imported a lot of oil in Burma and made the trader cannot pay to four wheels car like last year and preferred to use the   truck that they have to pay cheaper than they use four wheel cars .

 

“The truck owner can transport with this amount because they can carry 1000 oil can and the tax also cheaper than while they use four wheel cars, so they have big amount benefit,” said the groups.

 

The four wheels car owner said if they transport the oil, they only benefit just 25000 kyat. Last year, they benefited about 70000 kyat for one time they said.

 

“The illegal car trader also carries the oil to get some money to pay for the car tax while they take the car to in side Burma. It make favor to the oil trader to reduce paying for transportation cost,” said the four wheels car group.

 

These car are from Ramonnya which are Mon car group,Htawd Mae Par and Pan Ya Gone from two Karen ceasefire armed groups, Tha Sa, Than Myan Thu and Siam Pyu Daw car group in Three Pagoda.

 

The car owners  paid ten thousands kyat for one wheel to the Burmese Government army   base along the route at the beginning road opened and every time they have to pay money to the government army’s  point ,three Karen armed group, and government migration’s check point when they routing.

 

Currently,these cars are only routing for transport people and trade some plastic goods, onions, tomato and chill.

 

 

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