Norwegian gasoline prices soar
The price of one liter of gasoline has for the first time passed 15 kroner.
From Monday morning the list price of one liter lead-free gasoline (95 octane) for the first time in Norwegian history passed 15 NOK (€2, $2.69, RUB 78.36).
The two large gas station chains Statoil and Uno X both sold gasoline for 15.06 NOK, while Shell took 14.97 NOK, e24 reports. The price the consumers have to pay when filling up their gas tanks will in most cases be even higher.
State taxes amount to 60 percent of the price.
In course of the last three years fuel prices in Norway have gone up nearly 50 percent. In the winter of 2009 one liter of 95 octane costed 10.63 kroner.
In spite of the high prices, Norwegians’ consumption of fuel does not seem to go down. The average consumer uses some 1000 liters per year, and fuel constitutes less than five percent of a household’s total expenditure.
