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TRUCKING COSTS * UK - Truckers at fuel duty disadvantage
Fuel bought on the other side of the Channel is staggering 220-plus miles
London,EN,UK -HGV Ireland -October 7, 2011: -- Foreign truckers get more mileage for their money thanks to the disproportionately high rate of fuel duty imposed by the Government on UK hauliers, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA)... The FTA says that £1,000 of diesel bought at a forecourt in Europe will take a typical heavy goods vehicle over 280 miles further than one that filled up at a forecourt in the UK. That is the equivalent of travelling from Dover to Bedford and back... Even if one accounts for the fact that most UK hauliers buy their fuel in bulk, the extra mileage achieved by a foreign truck carrying £1,000 of fuel bought on the other side of the Channel is still a staggering 220-plus miles. Such stark fuel price disparity is putting domestic hauliers under increasing pressure to compete...
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