According to ERSE, the average selling prices of gasoline and diesel in Portugal in the second quarter were 16.1 and 4.0 cents per liter higher than the European Union averages of 27 cents.
According to the EU-27 Fuel Price Bulletin published today by the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE), for 95 plain gasoline, “In the second quarter of 2022, Portugal reported an average selling price and an average pre-tax price higher than the averages. tested in EU-27, about 16.1 cents/l [cêntimos por litro] and 10 cents/l respectively”.
Among the eight countries analyzed in greater detail—Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands—“Italy had the lowest average selling price, about 14 cents/liter lower than the average price in Portugal. tax effect, the average price for this fuel on the national market was about 6.9 cents/l higher than in Italy,” he says.
For regular diesel, “in the second quarter of 2022, Portugal reported average prices with and without taxes above the averages recorded in the EU-27 by 4.0 cents/l and 3.4 cents/l, respectively.”
“Among the eight countries analyzed in more detail, Italy had the lowest average price including taxes, about 4.9 cents/liter lower than the average price in Portugal. /l higher than the values registered in Italy,” he clarifies.
For regular 95 petrol, the average realized price (PMV) without taxes in the EU-27 increased by 22.8 cents/l from the first to the second quarter of 2022, while in Portugal the PMV without taxes is 0.9 cents/l higher . than in Spain.
However, “the tax burden applied in Portugal (44%) contributed to a reduction in price competitiveness in the context of the Iberian Peninsula”.
For gasoline, according to ERSE, “National PMVs are higher than the EU27 average, ranking seventh among the highest priced countries.”
For regular diesel, the EU27 tax-free LMA increased by 25.5 cents/liter from the first to the second quarter of 2022.
“Without taxes, average national prices are 1.6 cents/liter lower than in the neighboring country. However, the tax burden in Portugal (38%) was slightly higher than in Spain (37%), which justified the practice of similar PMVs,” the regulator notes.
Thus, also for diesel, “the national PMV was above the EU-27 averages, giving Portugal 12th place in terms of highest prices. Without taxes, the position of Portugal in the EU-27 ranking is maintained.”
Finally, for LPG Auto, “national prices with and without taxes were lower than in Spain”.
According to ERSE, “compared to the EU-27 average, the national PMV was 4.6 cents/l higher, but excluding taxes, national prices were 4.6 cents/l below the European average.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
