TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 20 - Center for ...

Table 5.2
Diesel Fuel Prices for Selected Countries, 1978-99
Average annual
Current dollars per gallon percentage change
1978” 1982” 1986” 1990b 1994b 199Gb 1997b 1998b 1999b 1978-99 1990-99
b c c c c c c c c
China 0.88 2.73
c c c c c c
India 0.78 0.74 0.92 1.11 1.01
c
c
Japan 1.78 1.90 1.75 2.48 2.51 2.34 2.40 1.95 1.2%
France 1.30 1.88 1.69 1.78 2.10 3.10 3.08 2.71 2.23 2.6% 2.5%
United Kingdom 1.24 2.05 1.71 2.04 2.46 3.26 3.78 3.92 3.47 5.0% 6.1%
Germany 1.48 1.81 1.51 2.72 2.16 3.02 2.91 2.43 2.03 1.5% -3.2%
c
c
Canada 1.27 1.27 1.55 1.47 1.43 1.56 1.46 1.32 -1.8%
United StatesC 0.54 1.16 0.94 0.99 0.96 1.15 1.29 1.12 0.97 2.8% -0.2%
Constant 1998 dollarsd per gallon
Average annual
percentage change
1978” 1982” 1986” 1990b 1994b 1996b 1997b 1998b 1999b 1978-99 1990-99
c c c c c c c c c
China 0.91 2.67
e c c c c c
India 0.97 0.81 0.96 1.13 1.01
c
c
Japan 3.01 2.83 2.18 2.73 2.61 2.38 2.40 1.91 1.5%
France 3.25 3.18 2.51 2.22 2.31 3.22 3.13 2.71 2.18 -1.9% -0.2%
United Kingdom 3.10 3.46 2.54 2.55 2.71 3.39 3.84 3.92 3.40 0.4% 3.2%
3.70 3.06 2.25 3.39 2.38 3.14 2.96 2.43 1.99 -2.9% -5.7%
Germany
c c
Canada 2.15 1.89 1.93 1.62 1.49 1.58 1.46 1.29 -4.4%
United Statesd 1.35 1.96 1.40 1.24 1.06 1.20 1.31 1.12 0.95 -1.7% -2.9%
Source:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual 1998, Washington, DC, January 2000, Table 7.2 and annual.
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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 counky based on quarterly data averaged for the year.
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 US. Consumer Price Inflation Index.