Since the Democrats' victory in the United States, the price of a barrel has fallen by 10%. The surge in prices is causing a dizzying drop in deliveries: 20% for diesel and nearly 9% for gasoline.
Diesel deliveries have fallen by 20% in France and gasoline deliveries by about 9%, an unprecedented movement, under the effect of the surge in fuel prices.
The drop in deliveries, unprecedented at this scale for diesel, shows that the rise in prices has already changed usage, despite the start of an easing in the barrel and at the pump.
This decline in delivered volumes reflects a drop in consumption as the cost at the pump weighs on households and businesses.
He is betting on a lasting drop in prices thanks to the release of strategic stocks.
Even though fuel has fallen by nearly 20 cents at a station in Englos, in the Nord, a former home-care aide, who receives a pension of 1,000 euros a month, is limiting her trips.
A business owner spends more than 300 euros on fuel per month.