Excise duty on diesel (units of national currency per 1000 litres) - France - European Commission - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail diesel prices (EU)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In France, the excise duty on diesel (automotive gasoil) stood at 607.50 units of national currency per 1000 litres on 12 October 2026, the same as on 5 October.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 1,088 observations overall. The series covers the period extending from January 2005 to October 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the excise duty had a mean of 430.49 national-currency units; it attained a maximum of 609.50 national-currency units on 1 January 2018; it hit a trough of 0.00 national-currency units on 6 January 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of national currency per 1000 litres |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | 607.500 |
| 2026-10-05 | 607.500 |
| 2026-10-12 | 607.500 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Excise duty on automotive gasoil |
| Country | France |
| Economic concept | Tax |
| Data type | Nominal amount |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Units of national currency per 1000 litres |
| Source | European Commission (Weekly Oil Bulletin) |
| Source type | International institution |
| Data licence | Reuse allowed under EU legal notice (with attribution) |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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