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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the average retail price of petrol and diesel in each EU country indicating the percentage of the price which is accounted for by taxation. [142741] Mrs. Liddell: [holding answer 14 December 2000]: The latest available information for premium unleaded petrol and diesel prices and taxes is for September 2000 and is shown in the table. Pence per litre{ 1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Pump price Tax and duty Per cent. tax component EU unleaded and petrol prices {2,3} Austria 59.16 35.24 59.6 Belgium 68.54 42.96 62.7 Denmark 69.48 45.64 65.7 Finland 73.75 47.58 64.5 France 70.08 47.58 67.9 Germany 64.59 43.36 67.1 Greece 50.47 25.70 50.9 Ireland 58.72 33.39 56.9 Italy 68.58 43.30 63.1 Luxembourg 52.84 28.45 53.9 Netherlands 74.74 47.67 63.8 Portugal 54.38 25.62 47.1 Spain 51.22 29.83 58.2 Sweden 71.97 47.02 65.3 UK 80.17 60.76 75.8 EU diesel prices{ 3} Austria 50.25 26.12 52.0 Belgium 56.68 27.60 48.7 Denmark 59.39 32.96 55.5 Finland 54.60 28.51 52.2 France 57.14 33.37 58.4 Germany 53.20 30.51 57.4 Greece 47.46 22.52 47.5 Ireland 52.03 29.25 56.2 Italy 56.88 32.86 57.8 Luxembourg 46.01 21.48 46.7 Netherlands 55.70 29.85 53.6 Portugal 38.19 20.61 54.0 Spain 43.99 22.60 51.4 Sweden 59.41 33.21 55.9 UK 82.31 61.08 74.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Prices converted to pounds sterling using mid September exchange rates {2} Premium unleaded 95RON {3} Prices as at mid September 2000 Source: European Commission Oil Bulletin

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

360 c33-4W; 142741

Session

2000-01

Subjects

EU countries Fuels Petrol Prices Taxation Diesel

Contains statistics

Yes

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