Tuesday 15 February 2022 – Without taxes e excise the gas in Italy it would cost just 87 cents. A price that, according to the data collected weekly by the European Commission, would put our country in the top ten of the Member States that pay less for car fuel. THE industrial pricesin fact, they are among the lowest in Europe and even below the average of the EU countries. Indeed, the gap (ie the gap between the average industrial price in Europe and that in Italy) has increased in recent weeks, reaching -7.9 cents on petrol and -7.7 on diesel.
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Gasoline
According to the data, Malta it is the State where the Euro 95, always net of taxes and excise duties, would cost just 59 cents per liter. In second place would be placed theHungary with 67 cents. Bronze medal for the Croatia at 72 cents. L’Italy is in tenth place (tied) with Latvia. There France chases us to a penny. There Spain is at 92 cents, while the Germany which touches 1.08 euros would be the most expensive country of the 27.
It diesel
As for diesel fuel, theItaly it is eighth in the ranking of industrial prices, with 88 cents per liter. Malta (55 cents) e Hungary (69 cents) are always first and second. There Spain is at 93 cents and the Germany is 1.24 euros. There Sweden it is the most expensive with a liter that would cost 1.48 euros.
The weight of excise duties
Taxes on fuels, which weigh on average 50%, reverse the situation. Italy (where excise duties weigh 55.3% on petrol and 51.8% on diesel) passes in twenty-second position as regards gasoline, with 1.83 euros and nineteenth as regards diesel (1 , 95 euros per liter). Malta and Hungary remain the least expensive countries. Between the big states Spain e France they do better than us, thanks to the lower weight of excise duties. In Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands, however, fuel costs more than in our country.
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The case of Belgium
Brussels could climb several positions in the coming days, given that it has decided to reduce excise duties on petrol and diesel by 17.5 cents. The federal government has also decided that VAT on electricity and gas bills will drop to 6% from April 1. Thanks to these and other interventions, each average family will be able to save around 300 euros on an annual basis.
Prices in Livigno
In these days in the ski resort of Livigno, motorists lined up to get petrol, as the price at the petrol stations was around 1.4 euros. A saving of over 60 cents per liter due to the fact that the small Lombard town is located in a non-customs territory.