21 trucks carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have reached Pakistan through Torkham, a border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Arab News Pakistan reported with reference to Pakistani customs official.
“At least 21 trucks have entered (Pakistan) so far,” Hammad Ali, a senior official at the Customs Department at the Torkham border, told Arab News, saying six of the trucks came from Uzbekistan and three containers arrived from Turkmenistan.
According to Epic Energy, a Lahore-based private Limited company engaged in the bulk supply of LPG and LPG transportation across Pakistan, the company imported ten containers with 5,000 metric tons of LPG from Uzbekistan and there is an arrangement with Turkmenistan to import another 5,000 LPG very soon. 10,000 tons LPG will be imported from Russia.
Irfan Khokar, chairman of the LPG Distributors Association, said the flow of LPG into Pakistan had now started via the shortest route, Afghanistan, which would stabilize its prices in the country.
Earlier Vice-Chairman of All Pakistan LPG Distributors Association Ali Haider told to local news outlets that LPG represents a substitute for natural gas that’s consumed primarily in the domestic sector for cooking and heating purposes.
He underlined that LPG started to replace natural gas because of ease of portability that it offers to the consumers and its competitive pricing compared to natural gas.
About 75% of the LPG consumed was produced locally in Pakistan and the remaining 25% was imported mainly from the Gulf states and Iran. ///nCa, 15 June 2023 [photo credit – Arab News Pakistan]
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