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Export duty on diesel, ATF slashed; petrol unchanged

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:49:00 +0000

Excise duty levied on the fuels domestically remains unchanged. Representational file image.
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In their latest fortnightly review, the government further reduced the export levy on diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) whilst keeping the levy on petrol unchanged. Excise duty levied on the fuels domestically remains unchanged.

For the next fortnight commencing October 1, export of diesel would draw an export duty of ₹16 per litre and aviation turbine fuel ₹10.5 on every litre.

Petrol would draw a levy of ₹0.5 per litre.

Following the previous fortnightly review, the export levy on diesel stood at ₹20 per litre and ATF ₹15 per litre.

The government has been conducting a fortnightly review of export levies since March 27, in the backdrop of the conflict in West Asia. This is to ensure the domestic availability of retail fuels by disincentivising exports.

Published – September 30, 2026 11:18 pm IST

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Government reduces export duty on petrol to nil; diesel and ATF duty also reduced

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:50:00 +0000

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In their latest fortnightly review, the government cut the export duty on petrol to nil, whilst reducing the levy on export of diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to ₹24 for every litre and ₹19.5 for every litre respectively.

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There is no change in excise duty rates for petrol and diesel towards domestic consumption.

Since the peak of the conflict in West Asia earlier this year, the government has been fortnightly reviewing export levies since March 27 to ensure domestic availability of the retails fuel by disincentivising exports.

In the previous fortnightly review, the government had increased the export levy on petrol to ₹3.5 per litre, diesel to ₹25.5 per litre and that on ATF to ₹22 per litre.

Published – August 15, 2026 11:20 am IST

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Windfall profit tax on crude oil cut; levy on diesel, ATF exports hiked

admin — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 09:16:22 +0000

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The government has cut the windfall profit tax on crude oil produced in the country while the levy on exports of diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) has been hiked, an official notification said.

The tax, levied in the form of special additional excise duty or SAED, on domestically produced crude oil was reduced to ₹6,700 per tonne from ₹7,100 a tonne.

SAED on the export of diesel was increased to ₹6 per litre from ₹5.50 a litre and on jet fuel or ATF to ₹4 per litre from ₹2, the notification said.

SAED on export of petrol will continue to be zero.

The new tax rates came into effect from Saturday, the order dated September 1, said.

India first imposed windfall profit taxes on July 1 last year, joining a growing number of nations that tax supernormal profits of energy companies. At that time, export duties of ₹6 per litre ($12 per barrel) each were levied on petrol and ATF and ₹13 a litre ($26 a barrel) on diesel.

A ₹23,250 per tonne ($40 per barrel) windfall profit tax on crude oil produced by companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was also levied.

The tax rates are reviewed every fortnight based on average oil prices in the previous two weeks.

A windfall tax is levied on domestic crude oil if rates of the global benchmark rise above $75 per barrel. Export of diesel, ATF and petrol attract the levy if product cracks (or margins) rise above $20 per barrel.

Product cracks or margins are the difference between crude oil (raw material) and finished petroleum products.

International crude oil prices averaged $86.43 per barrel in August, up from $80.37 in the preceding month and $74.93 a barrel in June.

The levy on domestic crude oil dropped to nil in the first half of April as international crude oil prices fell but was back in the second half in step with a rise in rates.

Levy on diesel became nil in April but the levy was brought back in August. Levy on ATF became nil in March and was brought back in second half of August.

The export tax on petrol was scrapped in the very first review.

Crude oil pumped out of the ground and from below the seabed is refined and converted into fuels like petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF).

Reliance Industries Ltd, which operates the world’s largest single-location oil refinery complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat, and Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy are primary exporters of fuel in the country.

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