{"id":42074,"date":"2019-09-10T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=42074"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:25:23","slug":"new-gas-stations-putting-private-sellers-out-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/new-gas-stations-putting-private-sellers-out-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"New gas stations putting private sellers out of business\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42075\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uc5f0\uc720-\ud310\ub9e4\uc18c-\uc218\uc815.jpg\" alt=\"Gas Station\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uc5f0\uc720-\ud310\ub9e4\uc18c-\uc218\uc815.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uc5f0\uc720-\ud310\ub9e4\uc18c-\uc218\uc815-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uc5f0\uc720-\ud310\ub9e4\uc18c-\uc218\uc815-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uc5f0\uc720-\ud310\ub9e4\uc18c-\uc218\uc815-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/\uc5f0\uc720-\ud310\ub9e4\uc18c-\uc218\uc815-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gas station on the outskirts of Pyongyang. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least four state-owned gas stations are operating in the Ryanggang Province city of Hyesan and two additional stations are set to open soon, raising concerns among independent fuel traders who compete with the stations, Daily NK sources reported on September 6.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are more gas stations opening these days, and the trend has caused concerns among independent sellers of gasoline,\u201d a Ryanggang Province-based source said. Daily NK has long reported on the struggle between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/stateowned-gas-stations-crush-priv\/\">independent sellers and state-run gas stations<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two of the stations are in the Songbong and Hyehung districts of the city, while two are in Komsan village. The additional two gas stations will open in Songbon district No. 2 and Yonbong district.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea has shown no signs of gasoline shortages despite some analysis suggesting that the country\u2019s supplies are low due to international sanctions. Regular gas and diesel fuel prices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/optimism-rising-as-fuel-prices-dip-in-north-korea\/\">decreased earlier in the year. <\/a>Although gas prices increased to 15,000 KPW per kilo at the beginning of the year, they now have fallen to around 8 &#8211; 9,000 KPW.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe increase in gas stations has been driven by the rising number of cars on city streets and a wider distribution of gas,\u201d the source said. \u201cDrivers know that gas stations will have stock.\u201d Private sellers of gasoline, however, are facing declining sales, the source said, adding that some of these gas traders are changing to sell other products.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fighting against the tide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To combat competition from gas stations, private gas sellers are maintaining good relationships with gasoline wholesalers and even transporting gas to them, another Ryanggang Province-based source told the Daily NK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the past, gas sellers earned money more easily than other kinds of merchants,\u201d the source said. \u201cBut the spike in the number of gas stations has made many private sellers rethink their business. They\u2019re concerned because it\u2019s not easy to just change what they sell that quickly.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source also added that more and more drivers will begin to use the refueling stations because they know private sellers will have little incentive to provide cheap and good quality gasoline if their bottom lines are being eaten away by the new station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_bottom td_uid_2_5d7711ae43e27_rand td_block_template_1\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least four state-owned gas stations are operating in the Ryanggang Province city of Hyesan and two additional stations are set to open soon, raising concerns among independent fuel traders who compete with the stations, Daily NK sources reported on September 6.\u00a0 \u201cThere are more gas stations opening these days, and the trend has caused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":42075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[100,714],"class_list":["post-42074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-markets","tag-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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