In Brazil, UNICA expects the foreign trade chamber to set a duty-free import quota of 600 million liters of ethanol with a 20% import tariff above that when it meets August 23. Above 150,000 liters in one quarter would also be enough to trigger the potential import tariff. Ethanol imports soared more than 300% during […]
In Malaysia, price remains the main deterrent to implementing the B10 biodiesel mandate with biodiesel prices of roughly $2.94/liter compared to $1.60/liter for diesel. Contrary to how the higher blending mandate is financed in Indonesia where the government picks up the bill, in Malaysia it would be up to consumers to pay the price difference […]
In India, Parliament lawmakers discussed ways to decrease the country’s reliance on fossil fuel and increase renewable energy and biofuels and overall energy independence. At Friday’s session, they also discussed the approved bill to set up an Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy to help achieve those goals, saying the government needs to do more […]
In Washington, ethanol producers scored another big win this week with unofficial confirmation that the Environmental Protection Agency won’t change the point of obligation for compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard as petitioned by oil refiners and the president’s advisor Carl Icahn. Politico first reported the news that should be confirmed next week that was […]
In India, the transportation minister has called for a study into China’s methanol vehicle standards in an effort to look at potential in the country for a major shift for both road and water transport. Methanol production could possible be produced domestically from high ash coal with a 5,000 ton per day facility potentially online […]
In Belgium, EU member states are to decide on the European Commission’s proposal to radically lower the antidumping duties on Argentinian and Indonesian biodiesel imports. The European biodiesel industry warns of the dramatic impact that this decision may have on 120,000 jobs and on the efficiency of the overall future of EU trade defense. It […]
In Malaysia, the country is sending a delegation of six MPs to Europe in late September in an effort to try and stir up support for palm oil following trends in both the European Union and Norway to move away from using the oil due to sustainability challenges. The mission had been delayed from July […]
In Washington, DC, a federal court, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, rejected EPA’s decision to waive some ethanol blending requirements. In 2015, the EPA waived some RFS blending requirements and required oil refiners to blend 18.11 billion gallons of biofuels into their gasoline and diesel supply, which was below the goal […]
In India, the ASSOCHAM industry association has asked the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh to push for use of ethanol in all public transport buses in the state in an effort to reduce pollution, especially in cities. By upgrading the quality of public transport, it would reduce people’s desire to use private transport and therefore […]
In India, oil marketing companies are demanding that sugar mills seeking to supply ethanol submit audited documentation regarding the input tax credit they receive with an expectation that it will be deducted from the price paid for the ethanol. In addition, the interstate duties lobbed on ethanol by states such as Gujarat, Delhi, and Haryana […]
