Salvadoran propane gas companies expect to double their sales by investing in distribution centers and upgrading their customer service.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tropigas will invest $4 million in expanding its storage terminal in La Unión, while Tomza, of Mexican capital, projects to open 100 stores in the mid term, in addition to the 200 it currently operates in El Salvador. Zeta Gas would also conduct expansion plans, increasing its express centers to 225.
From ElSalvador.com: "The 25 pound canister is the most sought for, with 31.338.470 units sold from January to May, with 73.059.642 units sold last year. It is the most sold size, because it enjoys a governmental subsidy".
Tropigas, Tomza Gas, Zeta Gas and Unigas are being investigated in El Salvador, for allegedly having agreed prices or other conditions in sales in the industrial LPG bulk market.
From a statement issued by the Superintendency of Competition:
April 12, 2018In March the Superintendence of Competition (SC) started a sanctioning administrative process to investigate a possible cartel in the industrial market for liquefiedpetroleumgas(LPG) in bulk, among four distributors, who may have agreed on prices or other conditions on sales from January 2013. The companies being investigated are: Tropigas de El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.; Tomza Gas de El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.; Zeta Gas de El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.; and Unigas de El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.
The Salvadoran Superintendence of Competition has fined the company $75 thousand for not giving complete information and not including VAT on the unit selling price of gas cylinders.
"... TROPIGAS committed an administrative offense defined in article 38 paragraph 6 of the Competition Act, having provided in an inexact manner the information required in the process of preliminary proceedings initiated in May 2011 in the gas market," reported Elsalvador.com article.
The company Alba Petróleos is preparing to enter the Salvadoran propane market in December.
At the beginning of its operations, the company may cover only 3% of the domestic market which is currently served by four companies, Tropigas, Z-Gas, and Total Gas and Tomza.
An article in Elsalvador.com by Luz Estrella Rodríguez contains quotes by the vice president of Alba Petróleos: "The gas will be stocked by a company in Honduras and will be unloaded to the 5,000 barrel capacity tank that has already been built in its plant located in Puerto de Acajutla, Sonsonate , as well as to other locations that are available in the port of La Union and that Alba Petróleos plan to rent. "
The gas distributor will expand its terminal in port La Unión, doubling its propane storage capacity.
Tropigas will invest between $4 million and $14 million in El Salvador, depending on the obligations assumed by the company. The General Director of Grupo Tropigás, Marco Martínez, told newspaper La Prensa Gráfica that "right now they are only having conversations with their partners and authorities of the Economy Ministry, with whom they will meet this week".
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