Lawmakers also approved a measure on Wednesday that would allow private companies to import gasoline into Iraq, a proposal intended to ease perpetual fuel shortages.

That is why it has to import gasoline and refined product.

So these days, the United States is also importing gasoline in rising quantities.

In September 2010, Iran claimed that it has stopped importing gasoline according to the domestic capacity expansion plans.

Government officials stopped importing leaded gasoline in January 2004 and replaced it with unleaded fuel with little public participation, or even knowledge.

To meet market demand the government incurs large losses importing gasoline to sell at subsidized prices.

When prices in California rise, sellers would then want to import gasoline from out of state, dampening the price increase.

Months ago, Parliament acted to break this damaging cycle, reducing the budget for importing gasoline to $2.5 billion from $4 billion.

California's government mandates use of a less polluting oxygenated blend that is rarely produced elsewhere, making it difficult to import gasoline during shortages.

This led to a U.S. pledge to import gasoline into a country with the third largest oil reserves on earth.