Ho Mei-yueh, the minister of economic affairs, has stated that to keep consumer prices in check, she does not support further price increases by China Petroleum. Formosa Petrochemical has explained that it has no plans at this point to increase the prices of petroleum products any more this year.
經濟部長何美玥也表示，為了抑制消費物價，不支持中油再度漲價，台塑也表示今年內暫時沒有再調漲油品價格的計畫。