warehouses. The heads of both companies said it was unlikely they would be able to pass the $25,000 fee on to their customers. Mr. Bob Stewart, general manager of Shell, said 54 percent of the retail price for petrol products at the pump went to the Government in customs duties. "The new fee is simply the added cost of doing business.You won't see any added cost at the pump as a result. If we tried to do that right now, it would be an infinitesimal increase per litre of fuel. It just won't affect motorists.'' Meanwhile, Mr.

Keith Hollis, managing director of Esso Bermuda, said, "It is another $25,000 disappearing from our bottom line. I have no way of putting it back. We will be taking a closer look at it. It is a new fee, a new wrinkle. "It is a new cost of doing business in Bermuda. It is something that over time we will have to try to recover, because if you don't cover your operating costs in your pricing structure, sooner or later you cease to exist.''