PESHAWAR: Senior Vice President Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has said that the exorbitant increase in price of petroleum products for third consecutive time is an attack of inflation on people of the country.
The price of petrol in the international market remained moderate while the government has made the increase in petroleum price as a source of revenue.
According to a press release issued here on Friday, Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi who is also former Senior Vice President Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and current Executive Committee member, said that a large part of the prices of petroleum products in the country consists of taxes.
According to a Ministry of Energy document, 39 percent of the price of petrol per liter includes taxes of Rs 100.21 including Rs 13.31 as customs duty, Rs 84.40 as petroleum levy and Rs 2.50 as climate support levy.
While Rs 94.93 as taxes are charged on a liter of diesel, which is 34 percent of the price. One liter of diesel has Rs. 15.68 as customs duty, Rs 76.21 as petroleum levy, and Rs 2.50 as climate support levy.
The document states that oil marketing companies charge Rs 7.87 per liter of petrol and diesel separately, while dealers charge Rs. 8.64 per liter of petrol and diesel separately.
Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, who is also the president of Frontier Customs Agents Association (FCAA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that the government has included one-third of the tax in the price of petroleum products.
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