The Ministry of Finance says 166 tankers carrying substandard fuel were turned back from the country’s customs points over the past month.
In a statement sent to Bakhtar News Agency, the ministry said its Directorate of Petroleum Quality Control, which inspects imported fuel in line with approved standards, rejected the shipments in Saratan, the fourth month of the current solar year 1404.
According to the statement, 161 of the rejected tankers—containing diesel—and two tankers of petrol were returned from the Nimroz border crossing, while three petrol tankers were turned back from the Sher Khan Bandar crossing.
The Ministry of Finance pledged to ensure that only high-quality, standard fuel is imported into the country, strictly preventing the entry of substandard petroleum products in accordance with recognized quality benchmarks.
The ministry noted that in Jawza, the previous month of the solar calendar, it had also reported the rejection of 165 tankers of low-quality imported fuel from customs points.
