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Fuel Import Permits Significantly Reduced

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Thu, 06/03/2021 - 19:22

SENER’s header Rocio Nahle claimed this week that 93 percent of the fuel import permits that had been issued to private companies before the Lopéz Obrador administration began have now been cancelled. During her participation in the Siemens Energy Innovation Days digital forum, Nahle explained that, when her administration began, 1,053 fuel import permits had been issued since the Energy Reform’s enactment in 2014. She claims that initial research proved that at least 600 of these permits were not actually being used to import any fuel and were instead being potentially utilized for tax evasion schemes, reports Energía Hoy. 

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