科威特计划从9月起把汽油价格提高73%温控开关

据路透社8月2日科威特城报道，科威特将从9月份起把汽油价格提高73%，这显示油价暴跌如何影响这个能源资源丰富海湾国家的财政状况。

由于海湾地区石油出口国试图抑制低油价造成的巨额预算赤字，他们时下正在减少燃料、公用事业和食品的补贴以及冻结或放缓公共部门的工资增长。

沙特阿拉伯、阿联酋、卡塔尔、阿曼和巴林在过去的几个月里都采取了这样的步骤，但是，科威特一直行动缓慢。借助此举措，科威特现在也加入了其他海湾阿拉伯国家对本国的能源补贴进行重大改革。

科威特政府内阁1日说，超级汽油的价格将从目前的每公升95费尔提高到165费尔，特级汽油的价格从65费尔提高到105费尔以及优质汽油的价格从60费尔提高到85费尔。

科威特财政部副部长哈立法?哈马达去年年底曾对al-Qabas报记者说，“合理化的”补贴将使科威特政府在3年内能够节约87亿美元（26亿第纳尔）的开支。

去年，阿联酋把95辛烷值汽油的价格提高了近四分之一。卡塔尔在1月份把国内汽油价格提高了30%。世界最大石油出口国沙特阿拉伯根据6月份出台的国家转型计划也打算削减水、电力和燃料的价格。

李峻 编译

原文如下：

Kuwait to raise gasoline prices by 73pc from Sept

August 02, 2016

Kuwait

Kuwait is to increase the prices of gasoline by as much as 73 p专业陶瓷er cent from September, showing how the oil price slump is affecting the energy-rich Gulf state's finances.

Oil-exporting states around the Gulf are reducing subsidies for fuel, public utilities and food, and freezing 铸铁闸阀or slowing the growth of public sector wages as they try to curb big budget deficits caused by low oil prices.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain have all taken such steps in recent months but Kuwait has been slower to act.

With the move, now joins the other Gulf Arab countries in making major reforms to its energy subsidies.

Kuwait's cabinet said on Monday that the price for the ultra gasoline grade would rise to 165 fils ($0.54) a litre, from 95 currently, the super grade to 105 from 65 and premium grade to 85 from 60.

Kuwaiti Finance ministry undersecretary Khalifa Hamada told the al-浴霸Qabas newspaper at the end of 2015 that "rationalising" subsidies would save the government KD2.6 billion ($8.7 billion) over three years.

Last year, the United Arab Emirates raised octane 95 gasoline by almost a quarter. Qatar raised domestic prices of gasoline by 30 per cent in January. Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia also aims to cut water, electricity and fuel prices according to a National Transformation Plan rolled out in June. – Reuters