The price of fuel has become one of the main concerns of Spaniards in recent weeks due to the Easter holiday period, in which close to . In this sense, last week we learned that the price of diesel and gasoline had risen by 3% at the time the holidays began.
At this point, it should be noted that a large part of the final price that users pay to fill the tank of their vehicle is not related to the evolution of the price of crude oil, but rather responds to the tax burden that each country applies to this product. Thus, the latest European Union Oil Bulletin sheds light on which countries within the 28 are the ones that make the final price of diesel and gasoline more expensive through taxes.
The report, which includes the rates updated to March 2017, distinguishes between those charged on the two oil derivatives (gasoline and diesel) and appear in a percentage that indicates the weight of the taxes in the final price of the fuel. In all the countries, the tax burden on gasoline is higher than that on diesel.
In this sense, taking into account the United Kingdom as a member country, at the expense of finalizing the Brexit negotiations, it is the one that exerts upward pressure on fuel prices, since 66% of the price of gasoline responds to the tax burden, while the value in diesel is 65%. The second country in this ranking is Italy (65% in gasoline, 62% in diesel), followed by Slovenia (64% gasoline and 62% diesel), on a par with France (64% gasoline and 61% diesel).
Spain, below the European average
Following the regions already mentioned, among those with the most expensive fuel prices are the Netherlands (67% gasoline and 57% diesel), Greece (66% gasoline, 52% diesel), Sweden (64% gasoline, 60 % diesel), Finland (63% gasoline, 57% diesel), Germany (63% gasoline, 56% diesel), Portugal (63% gasoline, 56% diesel), Belgium (62% gasoline, 59% diesel) and Ireland (62 % gasoline, 58% diesel)
According to the European Commission report, the average for the countries as a whole is 62% for gasoline and 57% for diesel. Thus, it is striking that the regions with the lowest tax burden on fuels are the eastern ones, and within the western ones, Spain appears as the one that exerts the least pressure on prices (55% gasoline, 50% diesel).
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