“This excise is the only and the easiest asset of the state to gather more money,” said Ion Lixandru, vice-president of Romanian Logistics Association (ARILOG) and administrator of Camion Logistic company.
According to Finance Ministry estimations, the excise duty hike by EUR0.07 per liter of fuel will trigger a fuel price increase by RON0.41 per liter.
In his turn, Radu Dinescu, secretary general of the National Union of Road Transporters (UNTRR), said that Romania’s annual consumption stands at 5 million tons of diesel fuel and 2 million tons of gasoline, so that, if 13% of the local diesel fuel consumption moves abroad, the state would get nothing from the excise duty hike.
The representatives of the two organizations also criticized the lack of impact assessments as regards highway projects, as well as “administrative obstacles” faced by transporters.