In Argentina, rather than be saddled by anti-dumping tariffs of up to 64.17% that keep its biodiesel out of the US market, the government is instead negotiating with the US Commerce Department to set a minimum price for Argentine biodiesel that would ensure it didn’t compete unfairly with domestic biodiesel production. Though Argentina’s government is […]
In Brazil, Unica, Brazil’s cane industry group told Reuters that trade talks resuming between the EU and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries will likely include ethanol trade discussions. Unica said ethanol was excluded from the EU proposal last year and Brazil was surprised by the move because the biofuel had been part of […]
In Belgium, the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) is preparing to launch an anti-subsidy case against Argentine an biodiesel imports, following last week decision by the European Union (EU) to significantly lower the anti-dumping duties for the country. The EBB is highly concerned about the impact that Implementing Regulation 2017/1578 is having on the EU market. […]
In the UK, in support of the UK government’s decision to increase the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, the LowCVP published its report ‘Successfully Deploying E10 Petrol’. The expert group convened under the auspices of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership concluded that the introduction of petrol with a 10% bioethanol content (E10) would be one of […]
In Washington, Representative Kevin Cramer, R-N.D has co-sponsored HR 1311 that seeks to introduce a waiver allowing for blends above 10%, effectively breaking the blend wall of 10%. He said in an op ed in The Hill last year that higher ethanol blends will be cheaper, having an impact on inflation by bringing down the […]
In Washington, the Department of Transportation’s report required under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015 shows that the number of DOT-111 rail cars transporting ethanol rose to 65% in 2016 from 46% in 2013 despite the legislation requiring the phasing out of such tanker cars carrying hazardous materials or flammable liquids as […]
In Nigeria, biogas expert Micheal Kottner told the News Agency of Nigeria that sustainable biogas production is possible if the federal government puts the legal framework in place to support it. Kottner said that even smaller countries than Nigeria are producing biogas at sustainable level because their governments give the support needed through legal frame. […]
In Australia, Cloncurry Shire Council’s crop trials in conjunction with the Mount Isa to Townsville Economic Zone is set to begin in the next two weeks in an effort to determine which feedstocks could lead to a viable biodiesel industry in the region. A wide range of crops including leucaena, sunflowers, safflower, sesame, pigeon pea, […]
In Belgium, the European Biodiesel Board plans to challenge the European Commission’s decision to drastically cut anti-dumping import duties on Argentine biodiesel, saying the move provoked by a World Trade Organization ruling in 2016 will have a dramatic impact on the biodiesel industry. A lawyer for the industry association said the legal challenge will likely […]
In Washington, Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led a bipartisan group of senators, including Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to […]
