India raises tax on exports of diesel and jet fuel.

The Indian government announced on Monday (15) an increase in export taxes on diesel and aviation fuel (QAV), a measure that will take effect from tomorrow (16) and will remain in force for the next two weeks. According to an official statement, the export tax on diesel has been raised to 14 rupees per liter, while the tax on aviation fuel has been adjusted to 12.5 rupees per liter. In the case of diesel, the previous rate was 13.5 rupees per liter. For aviation fuel, the tax has been raised from 9.5 rupees to 12.5 rupees per liter. The government also informed that the export tax on gasoline will remain unchanged.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.