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The biggest single component of retail gasoline prices is the cost of the raw material used to produce gasoline – crude oil. Crude oil alone makes up 74 percent of pump prices.

What consumers are paying for at the gasoline pump

Refining the crude oil into gasoline and retailing accounts for 15 percent of the retail price. Taxes account for 11 percent of the price of gasoline.
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