Excise duty on diesel (units of national currency per 1000 litres) - United Kingdom - European Commission - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail diesel prices (EU)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the excise duty on diesel (automotive gasoil) stood at 579.50 units of national currency per 1000 litres on 12 October 2026, as on 5 October 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,088 observations in total. The series covers the time period stretching from January 2005 to October 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the excise duty hit a maximum of 589.50 national-currency units on 3 January 2011; it recorded a minimum of 471.00 national-currency units on 3 January 2005; it was equal on average to 560.38 national-currency units.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of national currency per 1000 litres |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | 579.500 |
| 2026-10-05 | 579.500 |
| 2026-10-12 | 579.500 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Excise duty on automotive gasoil |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| 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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