China to reimpose air fuel surcharge: state mediaChina may reimpose Re`im`pose´ v. t. 1. To impose anew. Verb 1. reimpose - impose anew; "The fine was reimposed" levy, impose - impose and collect; "levy a fine" a fuel surcharge on domestic flights from the beginning of next month after a nearly eight-month hiatus, state media reported. The levy on flights of more than 800 kilometres (500 miles) will be 40 yuan (5.9 dollars) per ticket and for shorter routes it will be 20 yuan, the Yangcheng Evening News said. Some tour agencies have been notified by airlines about the charge, and ticket booking websites are also alerting customers, the report on Wednesday said. The government scrapped surcharges on domestic flights on January 15 as crude oil prices fell, but said they could be reimposed depending on changes in domestic kerosene kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral oil whose density is between 0.75 and 0.85 grams per cubic centimeter. A mixture of hydrocarbons, it is commonly obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum as the portion boiling off costs. Some carriers applied for the surcharge to be imposed in late June after Beijing raised domestic air kerosene prices by around 1,000 yuan per tonne, the paper said. The National Development and Reform Commission The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is a powerful macroeconomic management agency under the Chinese State Council, which has broad administrative and planning control over the Chinese economy. Since 2003 the Commission has been headed by Ma Kai. , China's top economic planning economic planning, control and direction of economic activity by a central public authority. In its modern usage, economic planning tends to be pitted against the laissez-faire philosophy which developed in the 18th cent. agency and the body in charge of adjusting oil prices, was not immediately available for comment when contacted by AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. on Thursday. The commission cut retail petrol and diesel price by nearly three percent from Wednesday in line with a decline in global crude oil prices. 
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