”Please only buy what you need”...Government urges people to refrain from stocking up on urea water = South Korean report

Amid growing concerns about the supply of urea water for diesel vehicles in South Korea due to the stoppage of imports of urea from China, the South Korean government has stated that domestic production and sales of urea water are stable, and there is no demand for urea water.
We are calling for self-restraint. On the 10th, Jang Yong-jin, first vice-minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, met with relevant parties including the Metropolitan Air Quality Administration of the Ministry of Environment and the HD (Yangcheon-gu, Seoul).
(Hyundai) inspected a gas station at the Hyundai Oil Bank Western Truck Terminal to check the stock status of urea water and said, ``I want the people to not worry and buy only the amount of urea water they need.''
Ta. Furthermore, Vice Minister Chan stated, ``About 97% of gas stations nationwide are selling urea water as usual,'' adding, ``Using the government's monitoring system, we have determined that urea water is currently out of stock.
We will quickly supply urea water to gas stations in the area." In addition, ``We have secured a 4.3-month supply of urea, the raw material for urea water, both in domestic stock and imported from outside China.''
"5,000 tons of urea made in Vietnam, which has already been contracted, is also scheduled to enter the port next week," he added. At the end of last month, Chinese customs issued an order for industrial and automobile use due to disruptions to the country's supply of urea for fertilizer.
The export of dual-use urea was unofficially regulated. As this news was reported, there are growing concerns in South Korea that the supply of urea water will be disrupted. Until the production of urea water normalized for the same reason two years ago.
The price of urea water has skyrocketed for about two months, making it difficult for consumers to obtain urea water and disrupting the operation of trucks. Producing urea with the Korean government and Lotte Fine Chemicals, etc.
Unlike at that time, the companies that are currently in charge of urea have more than three months' worth of urea in stock and have already secured alternative import sources, but some consumers have already stocked up on large quantities of urea, and distribution and sale
Businesses are jacking up prices. In response, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Environment will be distributing gasoline from the 11th to the 29th on expressways and logistics centers around the country that are used by many freight vehicles that use diesel fuel.
The plan is to visit 50 stands and ask for cooperation in limiting the number of units sold to prevent people from hoarding urea water and stabilizing the price of urea water.