SANDAKAN: Eligible companies have been urged to register under the Subsidised Diesel Control System (SKDS) in order to benefit from the scheme.
Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, who made the call, said this was mainly relevant to micro and small businesses, including small contractors using jeeps and pick-up trucks in their operations.
“Do not miss this opportunity. For every eligible vehicle under this new sector, the company will receive a subsidy quota of 300 litres (a month),” he said after presenting SKDS fleet cards to 15 companies during the Jom Malaysia Festival at the Sandakan Sports Complex.
He said an individual who qualified for a 300-litre allocation under the personal diesel subsidy scheme could also receive an additional 300-litre quota for an eligible vehicle registered under an enterprise.
Applications for the new private company land transport category opened on July 3. It covers diesel-powered jeeps and pick-up trucks owned by registered sole proprietorships, enterprises and partnerships.
For this category, the vehicles must be registered under the AE usage code, which refers to the specialised diesel fleet card registration category utilised for commercial vehicles under subsidised fuel control programmes.
As of July 23, a total of 15,388 companies with 25,781 vehicles had registered under the category nationwide.
Sabah recorded 5,583 companies with 10,046 vehicles, Sarawak had 4,713 companies with 8,292 vehicles and Labuan recording 157 companies with 200 vehicles.
Collectively, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan accounted for 67.9% of the companies benefiting from the new category.
Armizan said the expansion was intended to help reduce operating costs for businesses, mainly micro and small enterprises.
The wider SKDS programme also covers eligible vehicles transporting essential consumer goods, including food-catering lorries and vans, agricultural produce lorries, refrigerated trucks, water and beverage tankers, livestock carriers, rubbish trucks and certain pick-up trucks.
Eligible companies must obtain approval under SKDS before applying for a fleet card from participating oil companies to purchase subsidised diesel according to the monthly quota set for each vehicle type.
