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This report replaces the previous Peru Biofuels Annual report dated November 2, 2016. During 2017, ethanol production is forecast at 112 million liters, up slightly from 2016.

Export prices were steady over the past week. The Ministry of Energy is considering conducting a feasibility study on the use of non-food grade rice stocks for ethanol production.

Post maintained its 2016/17 production forecast at 101 million metric tons (mmt) due to a larger planted area and higher yields compared to last year.

A La Nina event is expected to sustain itself into early 2017, resulting in an early onset rainy season, and providing relief to Indonesia’s palm oil industry from the dryness...

Argentine bioethanol production for 2017 is projected to increase to a record 1.04 billion liters as a result of growing demand reflecting a stronger local economy and a full year...

In recent years, the Australian biofuel industry has faced lower world crude oil prices and fluctuating demand, as well as a number of policy changes.

In 2014 Estonia’s primary energy production exceeded 244 thousand TJ with over 77 percent produced from shale oil and 18 percent from wood.

The most used Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in Latvia are wood and hydro-energy resources as well as the wind energy and energy from waste.

It is estimated that in 2015 the share of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in the final energy consumption in Lithuania amounted to 25 percent...

In 2016 Poland’s total production of biofuels is estimated at 0.8 MMT of biodiesel and 0.2 MMT of bioethanol.

In 2015, the European Commission (EC) officially introduced a seven percent cap on food based biofuels thus limiting future production of these first generation or conventional biofuels....

With climate change and air pollution at the forefront of environmental concerns, Bioethanol is a proposed solution in addressing these issues.