China protesting EPA’s plan to reduce RIN production from imported feedstock

In Washington, Bloomberg reports China’s Ministry of Commerce submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency protesting the EPA’s proposed Renewable Volume Obligation for 2026 and 2027 that would reduce demand for used cooking oil imports. Imported feedstock is set to earn only half the RINs when renewable diesel is produced than when domestic feedstock is used in an effort to boost domestic production. Oil refiners are also upset by the proposal as most of the investments they have made for renewable diesel production were designed for imported feedstock types.