TASNIM NEWS: Iran's National Petroleum Products Distribution Company denied
reports it would cancel 3,000- and 5,000-rial/liter gasoline quotas for vehicles
valued over 1 bln rial. It said all existing private passenger cars — excluding
government, imported, free-trade-zone vehicles and second-or-later cars
registered to the same owner — will keep monthly quotas of 60 liters at 1,500
rial/liter and 50 liters at 3,000 rial/liter. A working group is studying
raising the 1 bln rial price cap used to determine quota eligibility for newly
produced private cars amid market changes. The company said quota allocation and
volumes are unchanged; only the third-tier price was increased from 5,000 to
10,000 rial/liter.