A station price, a futures benchmark and a delivered supplier quote answer different questions. This page explains what SCF displays, where each value comes from and when a number can be acted on.
A useful comparison labels the market, unit, timestamp, tax treatment and delivery basis before showing movement or ranking.
The German MTS-K dataset covers Super E5, Super E10 and diesel at public filling stations. Price changes must be reported to the authority within five minutes and are passed to approved consumer-information services. It is not a bulk delivered-price feed.
Brent and ICE Gasoil futures help explain broad crude and middle-distillate movement. They trade in different units and currencies and exclude the buyer-specific German tax, freight, credit and delivery position.
This is the commercial number relevant to an order: a named product, quantity, postcode, delivery basis, tax status, validity window and payment term from an approved supplier.
Commercial name, grade, blend and contractual quality standard.
Ordered quantity, minimum drop, tolerance and invoiced meter basis.
Source terminal, destination postcode, distance, vehicle and unloading constraints.
Duty-paid or ex-duty status, VAT treatment and applicable carbon-cost component.
Quote expiry, loading slot, delivery window and consequences of delay.
Payment due date, credit limit, security, bank verification and cancellation terms.
Quality certificate, delivery note, calibrated meter record and proof of delivery where applicable.
The same octane rating can carry different ethanol labels. German law links consumer fuel descriptions to the applicable technical standards and required pump labels.
Up to 5% bioethanol label; keep separate from E10 in a comparison.
May contain more than 5% and up to 10% bioethanol; vehicle compatibility remains relevant.
Diesel grade labelled as containing up to 7% biodiesel.
Bulk heating fuel; quote must also state delivery and meter basis.
Source, observation time, ingestion time, unit, currency, delay and audience entitlement remain attached to the value. If any required field is absent, the value is withheld.
Public E5, E10 and diesel station prices
Distributed only through the applicable approved channel; never presented as a bulk delivered offerProduct definitions and mandatory labelling
Applied as the legal product reference and reviewed when the regulation changesMonthly German supply, sales and stock context
Shown as dated statistics, separate from current supplier availabilityWeekly EU consumer-price context
Used for cross-country context, never as an executable German quoteGerman fuel carbon-cost context
Stored with amount, effective period and calculation basisDelayed Brent reference
Visible only with the applicable market-data rights, delay and attributionResearch and source review: 20 July 2026. Legal and tax treatment must be confirmed for each transaction.
Is the product grade exact?
Is the price delivered, ex-rack or another basis?
Are duty, VAT and carbon cost included?
What quantity tolerance will be invoiced?
Is the delivery window committed or estimated?
When does the offer expire and when is payment due?
Which quality and delivery documents arrive with the load?
