«After 3 days from the entry into force of the cut in excise duties on fuel of 20 cents, 24.4 with VAT, not only are diesel prices on the motorway still above 2 euros, but in no Italian region has that reduction been achieved».
This was stated by Massimiliano Dona, president of the National Consumers Union. Dona explains that «to demonstrate that this anomaly does not depend on the rise in crude oil, unjustifiable regional gaps persist, with declines that vary, adding the two days in which prices fell (on 19 March they rose), for petrol from -14.4 cents per liter in Campania to -19.7 in Valle d’Aosta, a gap of over 5 cents (5.3), for diesel from -12.6 cents per liter in Molise, a drop of almost half of what was expected, to -18.6 in Valle d’Aosta, with a difference of 6 cents”. The data emerge from the association’s study based on regional fuel averages, in self mode, published today by Mimit.
«It is clear – observes Dona – that if, faced with a reduction in excise duties that lasts just 20 days, there are those who wait more than 3 days to adjust prices, it means that they collect 15% of what would have been due to motorists. A very serious fact against which the decree has not provided for any punishment, not giving any additional weapon to either the Antitrust or the Financial Police, which will only be able to fine them for administrative irregularities, where it finds them”. On the motorway, for self-service petrol the reduction from 19 to 21 March is 18.5 cents, equal to 9.25 euros for a 50-litre tank, for diesel it is 15.8 cents, 7.90 euros per refuelling. For petrol, the worst region in terms of variation between the price of March 19th and today is still Campania, where the price drops by only 14.4 cents per liter against the theoretical 24.4 cents expected, equal to 7.20 euros for a 50-litre fill-up. The most virtuous region is Valle d’Aosta where the decrease is 19.7 cents per litre. For diesel, the smallest reductions are always for Molise -12.6 cents per litre, equal to 6.30 euros for a 50-litre tank. The best region is once again Valle d’Aosta where the price drops by 18.6 cents.