“Against all logic, on 21 September the Commission concluded that it did not have all the available data to impose such measures – despite the fact it recognises that Argentina has introduced an illegal subsidy system,” said the UFOP press release. “This decision is simply incomprehensible for European oilseed farmers and the biodiesel sector, who saw a whopping 1.5 million tonnes of Argentinian soy biodiesel enter the EU between September 2017 and July 2018 (with a peak of 222,000 tonnes in July).”
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