The president of the Asociación Nacional de Distribuidores de Gas Licuado de Petróleo (Asonadigas) recommended that the government eliminate the subsidy on propane gas. He denounced that local businessmen are selling the subsidized fuel to Haitian businessmen for subsequent sale at much higher prices in neighboring Haiti. Some 150 million gallons of propane gas a year are consumed in the Dominican Republic, most heavily subsidized.
