The gas subsidy rationalisation for RON 95 petrol might be anticipated to be carried out in phases, mentioned TA Securities chief analyst Kaladher Govindan, reported Harian Metro.
The Malaysian authorities might take a while to guage the influence of the floated retail value of diesel gas, and the readiness of the Pangkalan Information Utama (PADU) database with the intention to decide the money help required earlier than finishing up the subsidy rationalisation for RON 95 petrol, Kaladher mentioned.
Implementing the subsidy rationalisation for RON 95 petrol is extra complicated than that for diesel gas due to its important influence upon the vast majority of registered automobiles in Malaysia, which is round 36 million automobiles, which contributed to RM66.7 billion in gross sales of retail gas final yr, he mentioned.
The subsidy rationalisation can’t be rushed earlier than a correct system is in place, and the federal government is prone to implement the rationalisation within the fourth quarter of this yr earlier than revising it in phases till 2025, he continued.
Moreover, additional particulars on the gas subsidy will likely be tabled in Price range 2025 that has been scheduled for October 2024, and by that point, the federal government can have had a number of months of knowledge on inflation between June and September 2024 to guage the outcomes of the mechanism for the diesel subsidy, Kaladher mentioned in a TA Securities’ mid-year report, in accordance with Harian Metro.
On one hand, the removing of petrol subsidy might improve the retail value of RON 95 petrol from its present fee of RM2.05 per litre by RM1.25 to RM3.30 per litre, although on the opposite, implementing the subsidy rationalisation for RON 95 petrol might carry much more financial savings to the federal government, he mentioned.
Assuming 20 billion litres of gas is consumed this yr, each 10 sen improve in gas value will carry round RM2 billion in financial savings from gas subsidies annually in accordance with Kaladher. In its inflation forecast, TA Securities expects an adjustment of 40 sen to the retail value of RON 95 petrol, elevating it to RM2.45 per litre.
Nevertheless, the RM8 billion in financial savings from gas subsidies might solely be realised subsequent yr, relying on the quantum and period of the gas value adjustment, and extra could possibly be saved if the RON 95 subsidy rationalisation takes place this yr, in accordance with the TA Securities report.
The gas subsidy rationalisation programme started on June 10, with the retail value of diesel gas sustaining a 56%, or RM1.20 improve to RM3.35 per litre in Peninsular Malaysia. The gas continues to be priced at RM2.15 per litre in East Malaysia.
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