FUEL EXCISE TAX DECLINED

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ In accordance with the cabinet decision, made Wednesday, the excise tax on A-80 auto fuel imported through Sukhbaatar, Zamyn-Uud, Ereentsav and Altanbulag border checkpoints has been declined to MNT 110,000 per ton from MNT 140,000.
In addition to it, the excise tax on the AI-92 auto fuel has been decreased from MNT 230,000 to MNT 170,000, and on the diesel fuel--from 210,000 to 10,000 togrog. The decision came into force May 9, 2011.
The excise tax on auto and diesel fuel imported through other remote border checkpoints has not changed. By the way, the Russian Rosneft company has increased prices of supplied to us A-80 fuel by USD 28, of AI-92--by USD 59 and of diesel fuel--by USD 96.
B.Khuder