Poles buy less fuel

According to the Polish Organization of Oil Industry and Trade (POPIHN) the amount of fuel Poles buy has decreased. In H1 of 2014 the use of gasoline, LPG and heating oil has decreased by 1.5 percent compared to the same period of 2013. Krzysztof Romaniuk, gasoline market analyst from POPIHN told IAR news agency that the use of different kinds of fuel decreases at its own pace, e.g. in H1 2014 the use of gasoline decreased by 3 percent when compared to H1 of 2014. Not without significance is the existence of the gray economy, mainly by means of not outlining tax payments, in particular VAT. Losses arising from such practices are estimated to amount to near PLN 5 billion.