It is rather difficult to figure out 'base' (i.e. without taxes?) price in countries with VAT, because the latter is added on all stages of production, and waived in specific situations. However, most likely, price will be about the same, because refineries buy the same oil.

>I'd like to compare the 'base price' of gasoline in western countries since even here, each state has their own tax they add on to it.
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>>About 0.73$ in BC http://www.caa.ca/mini%20sites/gasprice/breakdown.html
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>>>How much of that is tax?