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‘Netherlands most expensive for petrol in Europe, but rise relatively limited’

Nederland blijft het duurste land om te tanken, ondanks een relatief kleinere prijsstijging. Foto: Shutterstock

Petrol prices in Europe have risen sharply recently as a result of the war in the Middle East. In doing so, the Netherlands remains the most expensive country to fill up, but the price increase is relatively lower than in many other European countries.

So reports online magazine Manners, based on the Weekly Oil Bulletin, a weekly dataset from the European Commission showing fuel prices in all EU countries. For fuels, it contains a weighted average of prices typically paid in a country.

It looked at the last publication before the Iran-Israel war, when the price of petrol was €2.062 per litre. Compared to the most recent figures, published on 2 April, that rose to 2.334 euros per litre, an increase of 13.2 per cent.

In several countries, the price increase ran significantly higher. For instance, petrol prices in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland and Latvia, among others, rose by around 20 to 25 per cent. Austria is in the lead: there the price rose from €1.509 per litre to €1.879 (+24.5%), followed by Belgium, where the price rose from €1.504 per litre to €1.848 (+22.9%). The Netherlands ranks 20th with a 13.2% increase.

At the very bottom of the list is Malta, reports Manners. There, prices have remained stable in recent weeks at 1.340 euros per litre. Malta does not have a completely free fuel market like other European countries. Price fluctuations there are met with subsidies.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Nina Koelewijn

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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