Less revenue from fuel excise duties

Less was collected in fuel excise duties last year than in the last pre-corona year, 2019. In that year it was €4.6 billion in petrol excise duties and €3.9 billion in diesel excise duties, last year it was €4.2 billion respectively. billion and €3.1 billion. This is evident from new figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The biggest reason why revenues are lower than then: the excise duty reduction that came into effect in 2022, which has not yet been fully reversed.

Peter Hein van Mulligen, the chief economist at Statistics Netherlands, does not think that a lower number of kilometers driven further contributes to the lower yield. He thinks that fuel consumption has been reduced by a more economical fleet. “If we look at the trend, it is likely that we have returned to the 2019 level in terms of number of kilometers. But we drive more economically, cars have become more economical to use and there are also hybrid and more and more electric cars,” quotes NU.nl.