Oil importers expose the Houthi militia: impede the arrival of fuel to create a black market
English - Sunday 06 March 2022 الساعة 02:37 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:
The Union of Oil Importers, in Sanaa, confirmed the involvement of the terrorist Houthi militia in creating the worst ever fuel crisis in Sanaa and the rest of the Houthi-controlled areas.
The Suppliers Union in Sanaa said, in an official statement, that the oil company and another private company affiliated with the Houthis are fighting oil traders from outside the militia, causing a stifling crisis in derivatives that those areas have been experiencing for several months.
The statement explained that the leaders of the oil company and a private Houthi company called "The Paths of the Union" deliberately obstruct the delivery of fuel to the areas controlled by the Houthi militia.
He added that the measures deliberately taken by the Houthi militia through the two companies, including granting import licenses to those close to the two companies, and deliberately obstructing import licenses to traders who do not have mediation, are exacerbating the derivatives crisis.
The statement said that the Houthi Oil Company buys fuel from traders who have no mediation on deferred for a period of two years, while transporting wages from Aden to Sanaa has been reduced from 72 riyals to less than 35 riyals per liter, and the profit margin has been reduced from 12 riyals to less than 6 riyals per one liter.
He pointed out that the Houthi militia set up other traders instead of those who lost their trade and gave them priority and paid them their financial dues within only 10 days, without any delay.
According to the statement, the Houthi militia has been storing quantities of oil derivatives in two facilities belonging to the Oil Company in Hodeidah and Al-Sabaha in Sana'a for years and refuses to sell them.
The militia-controlled areas have been experiencing a stifling crisis in oil derivatives for months, due to the Houthis’ seizure of trailers coming from government-controlled areas, with the aim of creating a black market in their areas and selling the quantities that reach them through the port of Hodeidah at high prices.
