Fuel Prices Korea, South
Part of: GIZ International Fuel Price database
Fuel Pricing Policies
| Local Currency: | KRW |
| Exchange Rate: | 1130.56
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| Last Update: | 2011/05/01 |
South Korea imposes high taxes on fuels, reaching the European level of fuel taxes.
In April 2011, the South Korean government published plans to lower fuel taxes, as soon as the crude price exceeds 130 US$/barrel (this price reached 116 US$ in April 2011). Also, the government tries to bring more retailers into the downstream sector, to increase market pressure on the four main refining companies, to which most retailers are affiliated (→App. A2).
President Lee gave a statement in January 2011, by which he somehow blamed the major refinery companies for the high prices. Comparing the crude and retail prices in 2008 and early 2011 led to the assumption, that major refinery companies should lower their disproportionate high revenues (see →App. A3). However, the idea of installing fixed, regulated fuel prices is rejected by the government.
The official website http://www.kesis.net (Korea Energy Statistics Information System) offers comprehensive fuel price monitoring. Official information regarding the fuel price composition / fuel taxation is not available online, hints welcome!
Fuel Prices and Trends
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* benchmark lines: green=US price; grey=price in Spain; red=price of Crude Oil
Source: http://www.kesis.net
Fuel Price Composition
Price composition for one litre of Gasoline 95 Octane as of 2011/01/01.
Approx. values
Total Taxes and Duties includes: 3% import duty on crude imports, 10% VAT on crude imports, further VAT on refined oil products, environmental protection tax, education tax (→App. A1; shares unknown, hints welcome).
Source: own calculations based on http://www.kesis.net, internet articles (see →App.A3) and http://www.eia.doe.gov (for crude oil price on Dubai spot market).
At a Glance
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Official and detailed information on fuel taxation missing, hints welcome!
Sources to the Public
| Type of Information | Web-Link / Source |
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| Other Information | http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/common/printpreview.asp?categoryCode=202&newsIdx=79765 (A3) |
| Other Information | http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576245832442095892.html (A4) |
| Other Information | http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/309281/s-koreas-oilrelated-tax-revenues-top-27-trillion-won (A1) |
| Other Information | http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2011/04/12/30/0501000000AEN20110412011000320F.HTML (A2) |
| Pump prices and margins | http://www.kesis.net/flexapp/KesisFlexApp.jsp |
| Pump prices and margins | http://www.knoc.co.kr/ |
Contact
Please find more information on GIZ International Fuel Price Database and http://www.giz.de/fuelprices
