price of gasolines at fuel pump in some OECD countries

Country \ Year	2003	2004	1Q05	2Q05	3Q05*
USA
Composite Barrel	55,54	65,64	69,80	76,01	82,16
Crude CIF Price	27,78	36,86	40,52	47,35	52,41
Tax	14,10	14,78	15,48	15,52	16,34
Industry Margin	13,66	14,00	13,79	13,14	13,41
JAPAN
Composite Barrel	102,15	108,93	116,00	126,41	129,86
Crude CIF Price	29,19	36,60	41,64	51,80	54,63
Tax	34,61	35,04	36,13	36,60	36,60
Industry Margin	38,35	37,29	38,23	38,01	38,62
FRANCE
Composite Barrel	112,63	121,94	127,60	135,60	137,55
Crude CIF Price	28,83	38,69	45,41	54,03	56,21
Tax	69,14	69,36	69,80	69,82	69,82
Industry Margin	14,66	13,89	12,39	11,75	11,52
GERMANY
Composite Barrel	97,41	107,14	113,37	122,31	125,66
Crude CIF Price	28,40	37,84	44,50	53,30	56,10
Tax	60,49	60,67	62,40	62,96	62,96
Industry Margin	8,52	8,63	6,47	6,06	6,60
ITALY
Composite Barrel	101,81	110,36	115,50	124,63	125,78
Crude CIF Price	28,53	37,53	44,06	53,00	53,94
Tax	64,80	65,04	65,45	65,63	65,63
Industry Margin	8,48	7,80	5,99	6,00	6,21
UK
Composite Barrel	147,66	157,42	166,41	171,68	176,65
Crude CIF Price	29,11	38,93	46,34	52,46	57,40
Tax	94,90	95,44	99,78	100,62	100,62
Industry Margin	23,66	23,05	20,29	18,60	18,63

Notes: Composite barrel is a consumption weighted average of final consumer prices of main groups of refined products (including taxes). Industry Margin is a calculated value substracting the Tax and Crude CIF Price from the price of Composite Barrel. Consumption weights for 2000-2002 used for calculations are estimated.