據能源網2022年6月1日墨西哥城報道，據美國彭博新聞社旗下的研究機構彭博經濟(Bloomberg Economics)估計，目前墨西哥的汽油和柴油補貼是石油生產商從原油價格上漲中獲得的額外利潤的兩倍多，這表明墨西哥保持廉價國內燃料需求的負擔越來越重。 

根據彭博經濟的費利佩·埃爾南德斯的計算，由于全球燃料價格上漲，墨西哥5月份汽油和柴油補貼預計總計約23.9億美元，而墨西哥國家石油公司（Pemex）同期原油出口收入可能不到補貼的一半，為10.4億美元。

一名來自墨西哥財政部的發言人沒有回復記者的置評請求。今年3月份，墨西哥財政部長曾對彭博新聞社表示，盡管汽油和柴油價格上漲，但由于墨西哥也受益于更高的石油收入，墨西哥政府有足夠的空間來減免能源稅。  

墨西哥是一個主要的原油出口國，每天向從日本到印度的客戶運送大約100萬桶原油。墨西哥擁有6家正在運營的地方煉油廠，另一家煉油廠位于美國，為全國煉油系統提供資金，還有一家煉油廠正在建設中。雖然墨西哥政府的目標是最終生產全國所有的燃料，但這些煉油廠長期投資不足，而Pemex的國內銷售仍有近一半依賴外國汽油。

李峻 編譯自 能源網

原文如下：

Mexico Fuel Subsidy Is Now Costing More Than Oil Export Profits

Mexico’s gasoline and diesel subsidies are now costing the government more than double the extra profit the oil producer gets from higher crude prices, according to estimates by Bloomberg Economics, a sign of the growing burden to keep its cheap domestic fuel plea.

Gasoline and diesel subsidies are expected to total about $2.39 billion during May amid a global fuel price rally, while the windfall from the state-owned oil company’s crude exports is likely to be less than half of that, at $1.04 billion, according to calculations by Bloomberg Economics’s Felipe Hernandez. 

A spokesperson from the Finance Ministry didn’t respond to a request for comment. Finance Minister had told Bloomberg News in March that the government has legroom to provide energy tax relief even if the cost of gasoline and diesel rises as Mexico also benefits from higher oil revenue. 

Mexico is a major crude exporter, shipping about one million barrels of oil a day to clients from Japan to India. It boasts six local refineries in operation, another in the US that contributes to the national refining system, and an eighth under construction. While the government’s goal is to eventually produce all of the nation’s fuel, the plants have suffered from chronic underinvestment and Pemex, as the national oil company is known, is still dependent on foreign gasoline for almost half of its domestic sales.