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Canada is developing a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) to reduce the lifecycle carbon intensity (CI) of fuels and all energy used.

COVID-19 containment measures and the economic downturn dramatically curtailed Colombian motor fuel demand.

Ethanol consumption in Australia is forecast to remain stable in 2020 at only 1.4-percent of the gasoline pool, and biodiesel use similarly is forecast to remain steady at only 0.2-percent...

On May 7, 2020, the Colombian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT) issued a final ruling in its countervailing duty (CVD) investigation into U.S. ethanol, placing a $0.066/kg duty...

Ethanol production using sugarcane and molasses in 2018 is expected to increase to 270 million liters (ML) from 235 ML the previous year as aggregate capacity increases.

Japan’s current renewable energy policy focuses on the generation of power from solar, wind, biomass and geothermal sources.

Australia’s biofuels industry situation has not experienced any drastic changes and essentially remains the same as last year.

On June 4, 2018, the government released the document National Policy on Biofuels 2018, which proposed blend targets of E20 and B5 be met by 2030.

A weakening rupiah and increasing current account deficit have led the Government of Indonesia to expand the mandated 20 percent blending of biodiesel (B20) to non-Public Sector transportation.

Indonesia biodiesel production is forecast slightly higher in 2018, as the Public Service Obligation (blending mandate) program continues and exports rise. Indonesia does not import biodiesel.

On June 4, 2018, the government of India (GOI) released the National Policy on Biofuels-2018.

The RenovaBio Program became the National Biofuels Policy of Brazil in December 2017, and more information about the creation of the program is slowly becoming available.