Spain is again among the countries with the most expensive fuels

According to the CNMC in Spain the average gross margin on petrol and diesel has evolved worse than in most European countries, during the month of February. This has led to a deterioration in the relative position of Spain in the main fuels.

OCU to the rise in fuel prices again to show that in Spain the prices before taxes are the highest in Europe, a situation that points to a lack of competition and contrasts with other economic indicators. As a result of this worsening Spanish consumers they are among the highest paid Europeans fuels.

Spain has climbed positions in the ranking of European countries with prices of more expensive fuels, particularly gasoline 95 Spain is now the fifth most expensive, a month ago was sixth, while diesel place currently stands at a ninth when in January he was in tenth place.

From the point of view of the gross margin average an opposite behavior is observed in the two main fuels, gasoline 95 increased by 3.6% in February, standing at 18.7 cents, while diesel decreased by 6.1% seeping in 17.1 cents per liter. This decrease in diesel margin is due to the falling price before tax by 1.2% while international reference price had risen by 2.7%. By contrast, gasoline 95, although the pre-tax price had fallen by 2.89 cents per liter, international prices had fallen further, 3.53 cents.