Post is fake. Portugal was not the country where the price of chemical products rose the most
“Portugal has not bought oil from Russia for two years. Even so, it is the country where the compounds go up. Unbelievable”, is the guarantee given in a publication on May 4, on a Facebook page with more than eight thousand followers.
Products have been a recurring theme in recent months, with prices critical to social networks, especially social resources in Portugal, especially after proving the country’s low dependence on the Russian supply of these resources. But is it true that it was in Portugal that the price of fuel rose the most?
Not. According to data from Directorate-General for Energy and Geology (DGEG), this claim is false. In fact, the Ministry of the Environment, which provided the data to the Polygraph, said that, between January 11 and May 2, “Portugal had one of the smallest increases, both in gasoline and diesel” in the European Union (EU).
As for the Gasolinethe country where the price rose the most, between January 11 and May 2, was Finland, which increased by 70 cents. The country with the smallest increase was Hungary (just above 20 cents). On the same level, Portugal registered a 45 cent increase (21st place in the table).
Furthermore, on the European Commission dedicated to the energy sector is possible to check than at 9, Portugal was not even the country with the most up-to-date purchase prices within the European Union.
As for the price of the dieselin the same period, the country with the highest increase within the 27 of the European Union was Sweden (90 cents) and the one with the smallest increase was Hungary (30 cents). Portugal was in 22nd place, with an increase of less than 60 cents. In both cases, the average increase in the European Union was higher than the rise in the price of chemical products in Portugal.
On the other hand, the Ministry of the Environment confirms the first part of the publication, advancing that Portugal does not import oil (crude) from Russia since 2020.
In short, although it is true that Portugal has not bought oil from Russia for two years, it is because it was the country in which the price of materials rose the most.