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"We are in the process of finalizing a new order of 500,000 barrels for the three petroleum products," Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin confirmed Wednesday.

There is a strange situation happening in Haiti right now. Fuel pumps refilled with gasoline diesel one day are said to be empty the next day. Consumers are complaining that many of these fuel pumps are selling gas in the black market.

Nearly every 3 months, Haiti suffers from a gasoline shortage and all the consequences that follows, a journalist said on Radio Friday.

Haitian motorists are still having difficulty finding gasoline and diesel to put in their vehicles in order to move about the country.

With all the social and political unrests and riots in Haiti for more than a year, the tourism sector has been hit really hard. Tourists are few and Hotel rooms are empty in Haiti.

Did you know? Every time you purchase a gallon of gasoline in Haiti, the Haitian government loses 89 gourdes ($0.95 US dollars)

My cousin who cooks for us is complaining how expensive tomatoes have become in the local marketplace. 50 gourdes (USD $0.54) for 3 medium tomatoes.

Haitian importers of petroleum products (gasoline, diesel and kerosene) announced in a letter to the Minister of Economy and Finance, dated May 29, 2019, that their oil companies will soon no longer be able to supply Haiti with these products.

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