this truce Finished. After the slack last summer, fuel prices are rising sharply again, saddening those who see how drivers are doing. it’s getting more and more expensive to fill the tank.
Thus, since September 28, OPEC’s intention to cut production raw, liter diesel Already increased 9.2% At gas stations in the province of Alicante, an average of 1,971 euros before applying the Government-approved 20-cent discount. But the truth is that in more than half of suppliers have already overcome the two-euro psychological barrier per liter according to data collected daily by the special portal of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
In this way, the diesel price is getting higher and further away from the market price. gasoline 95although it has become more expensive in the same period 5.5%up to 1.756 Euros per liter.
Compared to the situation a year ago, make a deposit now with diesel A cost medium 55 liters €108.4, 43.5% more; in the state gasoline cost amounts 96.5 €, 16.7% more. In the case of diesel, this figure is also higher than the figure recorded in April of this year, when the manager of Pedro Sánchez gave the green light to apply the discount to ease the burden of this expense for the majority. .your houses.
from Spanish Association of Petroleum Products Operators (AOP) – the association of employers that brings together the major Spanish energy companies – points out that beyond the decisions taken by OPEC and crude oil prices, the main reason for such high prices for diesel must lie in the US. ukraine war and cutting materials from Russia.
in most of Europe not enough treatment capacity Changing Russian imports or their facilities are not ready to process crude oil from other parts of the world of a different composition. Situations that make up a situation “bottleneck” It will be difficult to resolve in the short run. Thus, with low consumption in the summer months, prices fell, but winter is coming and the increase in heating demand, kerosene is skyrocketing again. And now even more so, given the imminence of the date the EU agreed to ban oil imports from Russia by ship.
They point out that price increases from the AOP affect the price, both diesel and gasoline, although in the case of Spain these bottlenecks are absent and there is no supply problem as refineries are prepared and have sufficient capacity. determined in international markets.
In any event, causes that are of little use to the most directly affected groups, such as: carriersCondemning the “suffocation” situation that many companies in the industry are in, according to the Chairman. Fetrama, Juan Jose Hernandez. After the strikes registered in the sector with the Royal Decree approved by the Government in March, the carriers are able to pass on the fuel increases to their customers, but the problem lies in the financial difficulties created by this price increase.
According to Hernández, companies they should pay most of the fuel on the spothowever The average collection period for customers is around 75 days.This has caused some to turn down jobs as most firms put their treasury to the test and even lack the capacity to amortize the ever-increasing amounts to fill the trucks’ tanks. The head of Fetrama calculates that the monthly cost per vehicle has increased from around 4,000 to 7,000 euros.
Consumers are concerned about the government-initiated trial bubble, which threatens to withdraw discounts. 20 cents As of January. “We are in a completely exceptional situation. Not only does this reduction need to be sustained, it also needs to be articulated. new measures to further reduce the price, as is done with electricity or gas,” says the president Avacu, Fernando Moner.
The head of the consumer protection association reminds that for many workers the car is a basic need and they use it to get to work due to the lack of suitable public transport alternatives. “If they have to spend more on gasoline, that’s an amount they have to subtract from other core expenses,” Móner insists. Thus, he argues cut taxes also temporarily for fuels.