Excise duty on diesel (units of national currency per 1000 litres) - Ireland - European Commission - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail diesel prices (EU)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Ireland, the excise duty on diesel (automotive gasoil) was 181.81 units of national currency per 1000 litres on 12 October 2026, the same as on 5 October.
Sample. There are 1,088 observations in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the period going from January 2005 to October 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the excise duty had a mean of 454.19 national-currency units; it achieved a maximum of 595.68 national-currency units on 14 October 2024; it hit a minimum of 181.81 national-currency units on 20 April 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Units of national currency per 1000 litres |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | 181.810 |
| 2026-10-05 | 181.810 |
| 2026-10-12 | 181.810 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Excise duty on automotive gasoil |
| Country | Ireland |
| Economic concept | Tax |
| Data type | Nominal amount |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Units of national currency per 1000 litres |
| Source | European Commission (Weekly Oil Bulletin) |
| Source type | International institution |
| Data licence | Reuse allowed under EU legal notice (with attribution) |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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