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FAS/Tokyo expects Japan’s imports of bioethanol to stay steady in line with Japan’s long-standing annual target for on-road biofuel of 500 million liters crude oil equivalent which is entirely fulfilled by bioETBE.

The Covid 19 pandemic not only affected biodiesel consumption, but also delayed the implementation of B20 mandate in Malaysia. Biodiesel production in 2021 is expected to drop by 16 percent to 1.05 billion liters, as exports are negatively impacted by the price of CPO at an all time high throughout 2021.

Ethanol consumption in Australia is forecast to decline in 2021 at only 1.1-percent of the gasoline pool, and biodiesel use similarly is forecast to decline from already very low levels at only 0.1-percent of the total diesel pool.

Post sees Philippine biofuels consumption partially recovering in 2021 due to the loosening of quarantine restrictions, as ethanol demand grows 9 percent to 570 million liters and biodiesel increases 9 percent to 175 million liters.

On November 10, 2021, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved new ethanol procurement prices for sugarcane-derived feedstock for the upcoming ethanol supply year 2021/22 (December 1, 2021, to...

Five months into MY2021/22 the situation and outlook for the UK grain sector is starting to become clearer. Total feed grain consumption is forecast to decline year-on-year, mainly due to reduced demand from compounders. Supply chain challenges and...

China is in the process of implementing a revised regulatory and registration system for imported feed and feed additives.

Post forecasts the 2015/16 soybean production at a record of 98.5 million metric tons despite the slow planting start for the second year in a row in the center-west region.

Demand for ethanol is expected to increase by an average of five percent annually in the near future in order to meet the 10 percent mandated ethanol blend.

With full implementation of a 7 percent blend in 2015, biodiesel production is forecast to reach 537 million liters, up from 359 million liters in 2014.

China is a major producer of biofuels and production continues to increase.

The Bulgarian Renewable Energy Act (REA) established a national target of 16% of renewable energy in total energy consumption and 10% in transportation fuel consumption by 2020...