UK Exports Billions of Litres of Petrol to US Despite Local Record Pump Prices
Retail prices far lower in US but only because of high UK taxes
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Drivers in the UK are facing record petrol prices, yet the country is exporting millions of liters of the fuel each month to the US, where motorists pay little more than half as much to fill their tanks.
The UK has the second-highest petrol prices among the Group of 20 members — only French drivers pay more. And UK petrol prices aren’t just high, they’re rising at the fastest rate in 17 years. Across the Atlantic, drivers in the US also face their highest gas prices on record, but they still pay only about 60% of what the British do.