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Sudan decided a few days ago to allow the private sector to import gasoline and gasoline and sell them to the public at the international price.

According to a tour by Al-Ain News, most of the petroleum service stations in the capital, Khartoum, are operating continuously after the availability of fuel, unlike what was usual during the past few months.

Vehicle owners said that they do not find much suffering now in obtaining petroleum products, especially gasoline, offered at free prices, compared to the previous situation.

At the end of last week, the Sudanese government began implementing a policy of gradually removing subsidies on gasoline and gasoline, as part of a program of economic reform in the country supervised by the International Monetary Fund.

The decisions decided to sell commercial fuel through 15 private companies at a rate of 120 pounds per liter of gasoline and 106 pounds per liter, while subsidized fuel was allocated to services by 56 per liter of gasoline and 46 pounds per liter of gasoline.

Al-Jazouli Hussein, 25, told Al-Ain Al-Akhbar that he could fill his motorbike with fuel at any time he wanted, without much trouble, as was the case with him in the past period.

He added, “Commercial fuel stations are almost without queues, but the scarcity of service fuel continues, because people resort to it due to the space between the two prices.”

Awad Al-Jaid Muhammad, an employee at a petroleum service station in Omdurman, said, “The fuel has become flowing to the required extent, and they are working all the time to meet the needs of the public.”

Muhammad told Al-Ain Al-Akhbariya, “There are queues, but they are very short, as a result of everyone’s desire to fill in their vehicles, which were empty for days ago, but the situation will ease up and there will be no lines within hours from now.”

The Sudanese government strongly defends the policy of canceling fuel subsidies, which has met with objections from some political parties, and indicates that the liberalization of fuel will achieve abundance and hit the black market and smuggling groups.

An economic reform program is being implemented in Sudan under the supervision of the International Monetary Fund, which mainly depends on the elimination of commodity subsidies and the gradual liberalization of the exchange rate over two years.

Sudan is facing severe economic difficulties, which were reflected in the high inflation rate to more than 214% and the decline in the value of the national currency, as one US dollar reached 240 pounds.