The spokesman said unleaded petrol and diesel supplies, which account for 95% of consumption, would be unaffected.

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Fuel Supplies CI, which stopped importing the fuel last week, is the only importer of super unleaded petrol.

BBC: Guernsey super unleaded petrol supplies to continue

There is no unleaded petrol available, no Toyota dealership and no recovery service.

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Limited supplies of super unleaded petrol will be imported into Guernsey from the end of April, Fuel Supplies CI has announced.

BBC: Guernsey super unleaded petrol supplies to continue

Across the UK, unleaded petrol was up by 13.5 pence per litre to 121.7 pence this month - a record high.

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One obvious example is the quick and relatively painless adoption of unleaded petrol, thanks to differential tax rates which discriminated against leaded petrol.

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Yesterday the average price of unleaded petrol was 132p a litre.

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According to the website PetrolPrices.com, the lowest costs for fuel at forecourts in or close to Stornoway is 138.9p for unleaded petrol and 147.9p for diesel.

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According to Mr Wiek, the wholesale price of unleaded petrol has risen sharply on Europe's largest market, in Rotterdam during recent weeks, and now bears no relation to price movements in the market for crude oil anymore.

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Several countries have raised petrol taxes, and now tax leaded petrol far more heavily than unleaded fuel.

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