New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) The Centre has increased the special additional excise duty on petrol exports fivefold to Rs 2.50 per litre while reducing the levy on diesel exports by nearly 47 per cent to Rs 8.50 per litre, according to a Finance Ministry notification.
The revised rates, notified by the Department of Revenue, mark the second adjustment to petroleum export duties this month amid fluctuations in international crude oil and petroleum product prices.
Under Notification No. 54/2026-Central Excise, published in the Gazette of India as G.S.R. 894(E), the duty on petrol exports has been raised from Rs 0.50 to Rs 2.50 per litre, an increase of Rs 2 per litre, while the diesel export levy has been cut from Rs 16 to Rs 8.50 per litre, a reduction of Rs 7.50 per litre.
