VAT rate on fuels in Poland was lowered from 23 to 8 percent. Earlier – in December – the fuel tax was lowered. It did not go unnoticed by the German media. “IN In the morning, Szczecin diesel fuel was even 60 cents cheaper than at gas stations in Germanywhere the price was around 1.65 euros. It was similar with gasoline “, wrote the daily” Berliner Zeitung “on Tuesday.
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The German police in Vorpommern admitted that the volume of traffic of “one-day tourists” towards Poland is noticeable. As the spokesman of the federal police in Pasewalk (Western Pomerania-Greifswald) said on Tuesday, officers recorded much more traffic on the road 104 and on the 11 Berlin-Szczecin highway. It is probably related with more fuel tourism, which tends to increase at the beginning of the month anyway when people have more money – informs NDR.
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For cheaper fuel to Poland. “Traffic has increased significantly”
The federal police in Saxony announced in mid-January that it was planning to monitor this tourism.– It can be expected that if the prices are lower, people from areas close to the border will decide to travel — Police spokesman Marcel Pretzsch said at the time.
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However, not everywhere is more traffic. It was not recorded in Słubice.
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But some drivers rubbed their hands. “Diesel is now 40 cents cheaper in Słubice than in Frankfurt,” said one of the drivers. He was especially waiting for the possibility of refueling in Poland on Tuesday. For him, it can stay that way – reported the rbb24 portal.
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The German Association of Workshop Industry and Fuel Stations North-East assumes that fuel tourism towards Poland will increase significantly.
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Cross-border traffic has increased significantly in recent days – said Hans-Joachim Ruehlemann, head of the union, quoted by rbb24 on Tuesday.
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The association believes that this will have “catastrophic consequences” for stations in the border region. There are several hundred gas stations on the border with Poland that must be concerned about their existence. “We now have a situation that has never been so bad before. Many of them will consider closing their operations“- said the head of the association.
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Editors money.pl checked on Tuesdayhow Polish gas stations reacted to the reduced VAT rate. We compared prices on January 31 in the afternoon or evening and February 1 in the morning. It turned out that on February 1, fuel prices at stations actually dropped noticeably.
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