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Petrol over EUR 2.5 per litre when served. Here is where the highest prices are

The Centre for Consumer Education and Research: in Italy, for every litre of petrol purchased by motorists today, EUR 1.071 goes in taxes, equivalent to 56.4% of the price paid at the pump

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13 April 2024

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Highways, highest prices on the A21 Piacenza - Brescia
Urban network, first for prices Benevento
Fuels: in Italy for every litre of petrol 1.07 euro goes in taxes
Italians pay 5.5 per cent more for petrol than the European average
With the current price level, the state collects about 3.2 billion

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The prices of petrol in the served mode have exceeded 2.5 euro per litre in several stations on both the motorway and urban networks, and more and more petrol stations are selling green over 2.4 euro per litre. This is what the Codacons highlights. The consumer association has processed the data published on the Mimit website provided by the distribution plants. It came up with a kind of national map of the gasoline price.

Highways, highest prices on the A21 Piacenza - Brescia

As far as motorways are concerned,on Friday 12 April the highest petrol price was on the A21 Piacenza-Brescia, where near Cremona a litre of green in served mode was 2,549 euro, diesel 2.499 euro - Codacons analyses - Again on the A21, but in the province of Alessandria, petrol reached 2.499 euro per litre on the same date, diesel 2.399 euro. Green petrol prices were also above 2.4 euro per litre on the A55 (2.439 euro), A22 Brenner-Modena (2.429 euro), A1 Milan-Naples (2.412 euro), A12 Sestri L.-Livorno (2.409 euro), A20 Messina-Palermo (2.409 euro).

Urban network, first for prices Benevento

On the urban network, on the other hand, the highest prices were charged in the province of Benevento, where two petrol stations exceeded 2.5 euro per litre on 12 April, with price lists of 2.572 and 2.550 euro/litre respectively, and in the province of Modena, 2.509 euro per litre. A litre of green fuel then reached 2.497 euro at Taranto, 2.470 euro at Pordenone. Of note is the strange case of a petrol station located in Via Lungolago Di Capolago in Varese, which on 12 April reported to Mimit a price of 2.854 euro per litre for petrol and 2.774 euro/litre for diesel.

Fuels: in Italy for every litre of petrol 1.07 euro goes in taxes

According to the Centre for Consumer Education and Research, which analysed fuel taxation in Italy and the rest of Europe, in Italy, for every litre of petrol purchased by motorists today, EUR 1.071 goes in taxes, equivalent to 56.4% of the price paid at the pump.

Italians pay 5.5% more for petrol than the European average

The average price of petrol, according to data provided by Mase, stood at 1.900 euro/litre in the week from 1 to 7 April 2024, against an EU average of green petrol of 1.801 euro/litre in the same period: this means that Italians pay 5.5% more for petrol than the European average - analyses the C.r.c. - Similar situation for diesel: the average price in Italy last week was 1.798 euro/litre, 6% more expensive than the EU price (1.696 euro/litre). For a full tank of petrol or diesel, Italians therefore spend about 5 euro more than the European average.

With the current price level, the State collects about 3.2 billion

Analysing the weight of taxation, the survey highlights that in Italy VAT and excise duties weigh 56.4% on petrol and 52.4% on diesel, with a higher incidence than in the rest of Europe, where the weight of tax pressure stops at 52.47% on green and 47.22% on diesel. This means, the C.r.c. observes, that on every litre of petrol, taxes affect 0.945 euro in the EU average, and 1.071 euro in Italy; on diesel 0.801 euro per litre in the EU, 0.941 euro per litre in Italy. In Italy, therefore, on each litre of fuel we pay between 12 and 14 euro cents more in taxes than in the rest of Europe. A difference, concludes the Centre for Training and Research on Consumption, that enriches the state coffers: considering the annual consumption of fuel in Italy in 2023 (11.1 billion litres of petrol and 28 billion litres of diesel) and assuming an identical average monthly consumption also in 2024, at current prices the State earns almost 3.2 billion euro per month in fuel taxation: 990.6 million on petrol and almost 2.2 billion euro on diesel.