The surge in the cost of fuel has triggered the race to all possible solutions, from the institutional level with the price-cutting decree being studied by the government, to the daily tricks to save on the price of gasoline and diesel. The dizzying quotas reached at service stations have sparked confrontation with other European countries, reopening the old question of Italian excise duties, also addressed by the Minister of Ecological Transition to the point of proposing the “mobile excise”. But is the cost of petrol in our country really so high compared to the rest of Europe?
Petrol, where it really costs less: the case of Slovenia
If cross-border refueling already existed before the price increases, the phenomenon occurs even more now that gasoline rates are skyrocketing: more and more motorists, more or less distant from the states beyond the Alps, cross the border with neighboring countries to make full. But not all borders are equally valid.
A special case is the Slovenia. In recent days, queues have been created on the border with Friuli-Venezia Giulia, due to the many Italians willing to travel hundreds of kilometers to refuel in the state east of Italy.
Not only is the price of petrol in and around Ljubljana about 40 cents lower than the Italian one, but the Slovenian government has just launched a cap on the cost of fuel, blocking petrol at 1,503 euros per liter and diesel at 1,541 euros (here we explained what behind it is the price increases on fuel).
Petrol, where it really costs less: the comparison with Europe
Levels much lower than Italy, but also compared to many other states in Europe. According to a survey carried out by GlobalPetrolPrices.com, updated on March 14, which compares the price at the distributor (here to find out which companies are lowering their prices at the distributor).
On the continent our country is with 2,193 euros per liter among those who register the highest cost of gasoline (here we have the forecast on when the prices of gasoline and diesel will drop), surpassed only by Germany (€ 2.202 per liter), Finland (€ 2.221 per liter) and the Netherlands (€ 2.222 per liter).
However, our neighbors do not differ from these levels: in Swiss the price reaches 1.909 euros per liter, while in France e Austria petrol costs 1.987 euros per liter.
Among the countries that register the lowest price of gasoline, Russia leads with 0.394 euros per liter, followed by Belarus (0.600 euros per liter), Ukraine (1.104 euros per liter), Turkey (1.266 euros per liter), Hungary (1.284 euros per liter), Malta ( 1,340 euros per liter), Moldova (1,352 euros per liter).
Petrol, where it really costs less: the ranking of the highest excise duties
A separate discussion, which we had already dealt with here, must be made for excise duties: with 0.73 for each liter of petrol Italy has the highest excise duties in Europe, behind only the Netherlands with 0.79 euros per liter.
Immediately after our country are placed Finland and Greece (0.70 euros per liter) with France at the foot of the podium (0.68 euros per liter) and Germany (0.65 euros).
If, on the other hand, we consider diesel, Italy beats everyone in terms of excise duty: with € 0.62 per liter of diesel our country is at the top of the ranking, ahead of Belgium (0.60 euros per liter) and France (0.59 euros).
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