From today, ordinary taxes are still paid on diesel. In fact, the excise duty cut of 4.9 cents per liter (including VAT) decided with the Mef-Mase decree of 28 October last expired on Saturday 7 November. No indication of an extension appears in the Official Journal. And so from Sunday the discounts officially stopped.
The Ministry of Business and Made in Italy has announced that today the average price of fuel in ‘self service’ mode along the national road network is equal to €2,000/l for petrol and €2,223/l for diesel. On the motorway network, however, the average self-service price is €2.029/l for petrol and €2.277/l for diesel. Thanks to the price cap which the main companies have joined, self-service prices remain below €2/l for petrol and €2.20/l for diesel in much of the road network.
Pump prices remain stable, the cost of a barrel falls
Yesterday on the ordinary network petrol cost 2.001 euros per litre, while diesel cost 2.224 euros. For now, therefore, there has not been the feared increase, although it is possible that some companies have not yet adjusted prices. However, one reason that gives hope is the current downward trend in the cost of a barrel of oil. Although Brent remains at rather high levels, as noted by the consumer association Adusbef, there has been a depreciation of 16.2% in recent days. But that doesn’t mean it’s a lasting trend.