Even at the official price of $4.1 billion, the railway is hard to justify in economic terms alone.
"In 1988, first, official prices went out of the window, then quotas," a senior Gulf oil executive said.
Little debate about changing the $18 official price is expected.
Iran, needing money to fight Iraq, insisted that the official $18-a-barrel price be raised by about $3.
The official price of gasoline, needed for generators, is 10 times what it was a year ago.
The official price for a two-hour tour, whether you're alone or in a group, is around €100.
But state-produced things also reach their shelves, for many times the official price.
Will it be the death penalty for selling berries below the official price?
He has been getting about 25 cents a pound, a third less than the official price.
One day he received an allocation of wood at the official price.