While fuel is in oversupply and prices are low on European and global markets, the price in Poland continues to rise. According to an analyst from the Cinkciarz.pl portal, the price of petrol in Poland is inflated by more than 30 groszy per litre and averages PLN 4.79 per litre.
The exception is stations operated by retail chains, where prices are lower. If PLN 4.79 per litre of petrol is an inflated price, then what can be said about prices in Bolesławiec, where unleaded petrol at stations of well-known companies costs around PLN 4.87–5.03 per litre? The exception is the Tesco station, where a litre of petrol costs PLN 4.56 and diesel costs PLN 4.89 (price as of 2 February 2019). At other stations in our city, it is PLN 0.30–0.47 more expensive per litre.
The website dlahandlu.pl reports:
The oversupply of crude oil can also be seen on the European ARA wholesale market (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp), which determines prices for refineries across the continent. For more than two months, the price of petrol there has fluctuated between PLN 1.30 and PLN 1.50 per litre; it is currently PLN 1.41. Recent increases in oil prices have not had a noticeable impact on petrol quotations, which only confirms that the global market is saturated with this fuel. An ideal situation, but not for Poles
Taking refinery prices and current taxes and other charges into account, the price of a litre of petrol in Poland should range between PLN 4.40 and PLN 4.50 per litre. The price excluding taxes is currently PLN 2.23 per litre in Poland (one of the highest prices in Europe), PLN 1.99 per litre in Germany, and PLN 2.07 per litre in Austria...
Poles cannot benefit from the global and European trend of lower fuel prices, and the reason may be distorted competition in an oligopolistic market (only a few major corporate sellers control most of the supply).
You can read the full analysis in an article on the dlahandlu.pl portal.