Industry & Commerce Minister Francisco Javier Garcia said that in dispatching the 15 million gallons of propane gas import companies have in storage there will be a considerable improvement in the nation?s supply by Monday. He said the government would use part of a US$65-million line of credit for power (US$50 million) and propane gas (US$15 million) to resolve the most pressing payment problems. The minister announced next year?s enactment of certain mechanisms to prevent such shortages from happening again. He said that the government is currently allotting RD$8 billion a year to subsidize the cost of propane gas, which is used for cooking and transport, when six years ago, the same subsidies accounted for only RD$640 million. Meanwhile, the scarcities continued yesterday, with cars lined up at the few distributor companies that had product to sell, with most vendors closed for business.