Over 50 fuel stations located in border areas were disabled during the first quarter of this year due to smuggling, low profitability for concessionaires, and location. This statement was made by Bruno Dito, a technician from the Department of Commercial Relations, Tariffs, and Prices of the Regulatory Institute for Petroleum Derivatives (IRDP).
There are a total of 51 operational fuel stations, with only 37 currently in operation. Dito provided this information during the presentation of the national situation and mapping of fuel stations in the country, mentioning that Angola shares a land border of 4,837 kilometers.
To the north, Angola shares borders with the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo; to the east, it shares borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Zambia, while to the south, it borders the Republic of Namibia.
Regarding the province of Uíge, Bruno Dito stated that there are a total of 51 operational fuel stations, with only 37 currently in operation. He further clarified that during the first quarter of this year, 18 fuel stations in that region of the country were disabled due to fuel smuggling. The 37 operational fuel stations are distributed across nine municipalities out of the 16 in the province.
The meeting, which brought together municipal administrators and officials from the Integrated Office of Economic Development, also presented approved measures to mitigate fuel smuggling in border regions and the decentralization of responsibilities.
Angola has a total of 904 operational fuel stations.
