FUEL PRICE REPORT – DECEMBER 2005

During the past month, Unleaded fell by 3p per litre to 88.7p per litre. This brings the price of Unleaded below £4 a gallon for the first time since early July. Diesel fell by 2.9p per litre to 92.3p. The difference between Unleaded and Diesel is now 4.6p per litre.

The reduction in fuel prices occurred in late November and for the first two weeks in December, prices have been relatively constant. With no further reduction in crude oil prices, pump prices are set to remain around these levels for the next month.

Wales has the highest price of Unleaded at 88.4p per litre. East Anglia and the South West are just below the highest price at 88.3p per litre. Scotland has the cheapest at 86.9p per litre. Northern Ireland (NI) has the 4th lowest price for Unleaded petrol but the most expensive Diesel. The difference between Unleaded and Diesel in NI is 5.7p.

Supermarket prices were 86p and 90.2p for Unleaded and Diesel respectively, a difference of 1.7p and 2.1p below the UK average prices.

LPG stayed the same at 41.9p with Supermarket prices falling by 0.4 p.

Overseas prices have also fallen and the UK still has the 4th highest Unleaded prices in Europe.

Unleaded 95 Octane / Diesel / Super unleaded / LPG
litres / (gallons) / litres / (gallons) / litres / (gallons) / litres
Northern Ireland / 87.2 / 396.4 / 92.9 / 422.3 / 92.8 / 421.9 / 42.5
Scotland / 86.9 / 395.1 / 92.2 / 419.1 / 92.9 / 422.3 / 41.8
Wales / 88.4 / 401.9 / 93.3 / 424.2 / 93.6 / 425.5 / 40.6
North / 87.2 / 396.4 / 92.3 / 419.6 / 93.6 / 425.5 / 41.1
North West / 87.0 / 395.5 / 91.7 / 416.9 / 93.9 / 426.9 / 40.7
Yorkshire & Humberside / 87.1 / 396.0 / 91.9 / 417.8 / 93.5 / 425.1 / 38.6
West Midlands / 87.7 / 398.7 / 92.3 / 419.6 / 94.3 / 428.7 / 42.4
East Midlands / 87.9 / 399.6 / 92.5 / 420.5 / 94.0 / 427.3 / 42.7
East Anglia / 88.3 / 401.4 / 92.5 / 420.5 / 94.3 / 428.7 / 43.0
South East / 88.0 / 400.1 / 92.1 / 418.7 / 93.8 / 426.4 / 43.5
South West / 88.3 / 401.4 / 92.8 / 421.9 / 93.7 / 426.0 / 43.0
London / 88.1 / 400.5 / 91.9 / 417.8 / 94.3 / 428.7 / 42.6
UK AVERAGE / 87.7 / 398.7 / 92.3 / 419.6 / 93.8 / 426.4 / 41.9
Per cent taken as Tax / 68.6 / 65.9 / 68.4
Supermarkets / Unleaded 95 Octane /

Diesel

/

Super unleaded

/ LPG
litres / (gallons) / litres / (gallons) / litres / (gallons) / litres
SUPERMARKET AVERAGE / 86.0 / 391.0 / 90.2 / 410.1 / 89.7 / 407.8 / 37.6
Per cent taken as Tax / 69.7 / 67.1
67.1 / 70.8
70.8

* The AA Motoring Trust Fuel Price Report uses data sourced from Catalist Ltd & Arval (

They are an average of mid-month prices from the respective regions.

OVERSEAS PRICE COMPARISONS

Using currency exchange rates as at 19 December 2005 quoted in local currency and UK pence equivalent.

Source of overseas price comparisons: European Road Information Centre (Geneva), and based on a twice-monthly sample.

Local Currency per litre / UK pence per litre
Country / Currency /

Unleaded

/

Diesel

/

Unleaded

/

Diesel

Austria / Euro / 1.03 / 0.97 / 72.25 / 68.25
Belgium / Euro / 1.29 / 1.05 / 90.35 / 73.37
Czech Republic / Czech Koruna / 28.50 / 28.10 / 71.18 / 70.18
Denmark / Danish Krone / 9.48 / 8.48 / 88.68 / 79.33
Finland / Euro / 1.20 / 1.00 / 83.82 / 69.94
France / Euro / 1.17 / 1.04 / 82.14 / 72.67
Germany / Euro / 1.25 / 1.11 / 87.96 / 77.58
Greece / Euro / 1.02 / 0.99 / 71.41 / 69.51
Netherlands / Euro / 1.37 / 1.04 / 96.17 / 73.02
Hungary / Forint / 255.70 / 263.40 / 75.29 / 77.56
Ireland / Euro / 1.10 / 1.11 / 77.09 / 77.72
Italy / Euro / 1.22 / 1.12 / 85.44 / 78.70
Luxembourg / Euro / 1.05 / 0.86 / 73.44 / 60.12
Estonia / Kroons / 13.35 / 13.35 / 59.52 / 59.52
Norway / Norwegian Krone / 10.00 / 9.50 / 87.34 / 82.97
Latvia / Lats / 0.62 / 0.63 / 62.85 / 63.96
Lithuania / Litas / 2.94 / 3.02 / 59.70 / 61.32
Poland / Zloty / 3.84 / 3.74 / 74.97 / 73.02
Slovakia / Koroan / 37.60 / 39.90 / 69.60 / 73.86
Slovenia / Tolar / 220.00 / 221.30 / 65.42 / 65.81
Portugal / Euro / 1.19 / 0.99 / 83.68 / 69.16
Spain / Euro / 0.98 / 0.92 / 68.88 / 64.32
Sweden / Swedish Krona / 11.26 / 10.78 / 82.86 / 79.32
Switzerland / Swiss Francs / 1.60 / 1.74 / 71.87 / 78.16
United States of America / US Dollars / 0.58 / 0.68 / 33.57 / 39.36

Note: We receive international prices to 3 decimal places and calculate the UK pence per litre on that price. Therefore, some countries will show the same price in their local currency to 2 decimal places, but the UK pence price could be slightly different

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