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TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22—2002
Table 5.2
Diesel Fuel Prices for Selected Countries, 1978–2001 a
Current dollars per gallon
Average annual
percentage change
1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1996 2000 2001 1978–2001 1990–2001
China
b b b b b
0.88 1.27
b b b
India
b b b
0.78 0.74 0.92
b b b b
Japan
b
1.78 1.90 1.75 2.48 2.51 2.89 2.70
b
4.0%
France 1.30 1.88 1.69 1.78 2.10 3.10 3.05 2.80 3.4% 4.2%
United Kingdom 1.24 2.05 1.71 2.04 2.46 3.26 4.77 4.42 5.7% 7.3%
Germany 1.48 1.81 1.51 2.72 2.16 3.02 2.90 2.91 3.0% 0.6%
Canada
b
1.27 1.27 1.55 1.47 1.43 1.68 1.80
b
1.4%
United States c
0.54 1.16 0.94 0.99 0.96 1.15 1.36 1.52 4.6% 4.0%
Constant 2000 dollars d per gallon
Average annual
percentage change
1978 1982 a
1986 a
1990 b
1994 b
1996 b
2000 b
2001 b
1978–2001 1990–2001
China
b b b b b
0.97 1.31
b b b
India
b b b
1.03 0.86 1.01
b b b b
Japan
b
3.18 2.99 2.31 2.88 2.75 2.99 2.70
b
1.4%
France 3.43 3.35 2.66 2.35 2.44 3.40 3.15 2.80 -0.9% 1.6%
United Kingdom 3.27 3.66 2.69 2.69 2.86 3.58 4.93 4.42 1.3% 4.6%
Germany 3.91 3.23 2.37 3.58 2.51 3.31 3.00 2.91 -1.3% -1.9%
Canada
b
2.27 2.00 2.04 1.71 1.57 1.74 1.80
b
-1.1%
United States c
1.43 2.07 1.48 1.30 1.12 1.26 1.41 1.52 -0.3% 1.4%
Source:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual 2000, Washington, DC, May 2002, Table 7.2 and annual.
(Additional resources: www.eia.doe.gov)
Note:
Comparisons between prices and price trends in different countries require care. They are of limited validity because of fluctuations in exchange rates; differences in
product quality, marketing practices, and market structures; and the extent to which the standard categories of sales are representative of total national sales for a
given period.
a Prices represent the retail prices (including taxes) for diesel fuel. Prices are representative for each country based on quarterly data averaged for the year or on data as of January 1.
b Data are not available.
c These estimates are for international comparisons only and do not necessarily correspond to gasoline price estimates in other sections of the book.
d Adjusted by the U.S. Consumer Price Inflation Index.
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