Disappointment and criticism about the development of prices at the gas station also characterizes the professionals from the transport industry.
Because trucks drive an average of 120,000 kilometers a year and consume 30 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers, the increase in fuel prices in recent months means additional annual costs in the five-digit range per truck.
Dirk Engelhardt, spokesman for the board of directors of the Federal Association of Road Haulage (BGL), voices biting criticism about the fact that the tax cuts for the "tank discount" do not reach the pumps: the federal government's tax cut does not bring any significant relief for the transport industry.
From his point of view, it is clear that after June 1, the rebate on mineral oil tax of 29.5 cents per liter of petrol and 14 cents per liter of diesel will not arrive.
How gas station prices are determined
Engelhardt, Professor of Logistics in Berlin, cannot describe it.
But he says ambiguously: "The mineral oil companies and gas station operators know how to deal with it."
Tobias Piller
Editor in Business.
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There are no answers for the public from those who should know everything.
A few days ago, the former association of the mineral oil industry, now merged under the name EN2X, received written questions: "Do the mineral oil companies alone determine the offer prices, and are they responsible for whether the tax discount is passed on or not?
Do you see the political risks of introducing differentiated corporate tax rates in Germany with the demand for an excess profit tax?” There have been no answers to this so far.
Not even from Shell or Aral, part of the BP group.
Along with the mineral oil industry, the so-called "A brands" of the German petrol station market, which account for around 45 percent of the 14th
Operate 500 filling stations in Germany and – with the best locations – generate around two thirds of the tank sales.
It involves five brands: Shell, Aral, Total, Esso and Eni/Agip.