The gas has well exceeded two euros per liter and this year, compared to 2021, we will spend 1,750 euros more to fill up a car. To meet consumers, one of the hypotheses is the cut of the excise. Which, in Italy, weigh heavily on the receipt at the petrol pump.
In Italy 0.73 euros per liter
If we exclude the Netherlandswhere they are equal to 0.79 euros per liter, theItaly has the highest excise duty on petrol in Europe: according to the elaboration of Facile.it on the European environment energy data, this is 0.73 euros for each liter of gasoline. They actually contribute to just under half of the final price, but if you add VAT, you get to over half the cost. They follow Finland e Greece (€ 0.7 per liter), France (0,68) e Germany (0,65).
Diesel, the highest excise duties in Italy
As for diesel, however, our country is the one with the highest excise duties: we are talking about € 0.62 per liter. On the second and third steps of the podium Belgium (0,6) e France (0.59). For both petrol and diesel, it is the Bulgaria to hold the primacy of the State with the lowest excise duties in Europe: respectively 0.36 euros and 0.33 per liter, about half of what was recorded in Italy.
The complaint to the Antitrust
The National Consumers Union has decided to present a complaint to the Antitrust against the increases in petrol and diesel prices, asking the Guardia di Finanza to ascertain speculations along the supply chain. “It is evident – explains the president, Massimiliano Dona – that there are shameful speculations on fuel prices. The increases, in fact, are certainly not justified by the war in Ukraine, not only because at the moment there is no blocking of imports from Russia of gas and oil, but above all because the surge in prices on international markets cannot already be arrived at the pump, since crude oil must be distilled and refined before becoming gasoline “.
In just one week, from 28 February to 7 March, according to the official data of the Mite elaborated by the UNC, gasoline has risen by 4.5%, that is 8.43 cents per liter, equal to 4.21 euros for a full tank. of 50 liters, equivalent to 101 euros on an annual basis, while diesel fuel has made an even greater leap, + 5.1%, of 8.89 cents per liter, which corresponds to 4.44 euros per refueling, a good 107 euros per year .