智利总统卡斯特宣布燃油限价：本周涨幅压至每升40比索，新法案设90天20比索上限
智利总统 José Antonio Kast 11月9日在圣地亚哥宣布一揽子燃油限价措施：本周燃油涨幅压到现行机制允许的最低值每升40比索，政府同时向国会提交紧急法案，要把今后90天内每次涨价的上限锁在每升20比索，汽油和柴油都算在内。
智利内政部当天发布的官方消息记录了总统的原话。卡斯特说，燃油涨价直接影响所有智利人、商家、每个家庭，也影响运输业者。政府通过燃油价格稳定机制 MEPCO 监测价格，本周先把涨幅降到该机制允许的技术最低值，每升40比索，他称这会给市民带来很实在的缓解。
第二步是立法。总统说，政府将提交一份按紧急程序审议的法案，让接下来90天里任何一次涨价都不超过每升20比索，汽油与柴油同受这一上限约束。法案需要国会通过才能生效，政府希望本周内推进审议。
这轮国际油价上涨已经传导到智利国内，燃油连续涨价推高了运输和生活成本，也是这次出手的直接背景。内政部的消息还引述总统的话说，眼下存在社会紧迫性，政府要在负责任地管好公共资源的同时，把有限的资源送到最脆弱、最需要的人手里。
对在智利生活的华人商家和运输从业者来说，接下来要看两件事：本周每升40比索的涨幅是否按官方口径落地，以及20比索上限法案在国会的审议进度。两项都兑现，未来三个月的燃油成本才算有了可预期的天花板。
（来源：智利内政部）
Chile's President Kast Caps Fuel Rises: 40 Pesos a Litre This Week, Bill Sets 20-Peso Ceiling for 90 Days
Chilean President José Antonio Kast announced a package of fuel price curbs in Santiago on November 9: this week's rise will be held to 40 pesos a litre, the lowest value allowed under the current mechanism, and the government will send Congress an urgent bill capping any increase over the next 90 days at 20 pesos a litre, for both petrol and diesel.
The Ministry of the Interior's official release that day recorded the president's own words. Kast said fuel price rises affect all Chileans directly, shopkeepers, every family and transport workers alike. Monitoring prices through the MEPCO fuel price stabilisation mechanism, the government would first bring this week's increase down to the technical minimum the mechanism allows, 40 pesos a litre, which he said would bring very real relief to citizens.
The second step is legislation. The president said the government will present a bill under urgent discussion so that any rise in the next 90 days does not exceed the 20-peso ceiling, for petrol and diesel alike. The bill needs congressional approval to take effect, and the government hopes to move it forward this week.
International oil price increases have fed through into Chile, and repeated fuel rises have pushed up transport and living costs, forming the immediate backdrop to the move. The ministry's release also quoted the president saying there is a social urgency today, and that the government is addressing it responsibly, taking care of everyone's resources and directing scarce resources to the most vulnerable and needy.
For Chinese shopkeepers and transport workers living in Chile, two things now matter: whether this week's 40-peso rise lands as announced, and how the 20-peso ceiling bill progresses in Congress. If both hold, fuel costs over the next three months will have a predictable ceiling.
(Source: Ministry of the Interior of Chile)
来源：智利内政部
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