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Brazil: Brazil Allows Imported Soy in Biodiesel Production

On November 18, the Brazilian National Energy Policy Council published a resolution to allow for the use of imported materials – either raw soybeans or soybean oil - in the production of biodiesel.
The European Commission launched a public consultation on the EU’s review of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII).
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Japan: Biofuels Annual

To meet its 2020 biofuel target amid declining gasoline demand due to COVID-19, Japan increases its average bioethanol blend rate to 1.9 percent.
On October 29, 2020, India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister approved revised prices for ethanol procurement by the state-owned Oil Marketing Companies...
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Philippines: Biofuels Annual

Philippine ethanol production in 2019 is expected to increase to 320 million liters (ML) from 296 ML the previous year due to increased capacity utilization amidst declining sugarcane production....
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Russia: Wood Pellet Production Update

Wood pellet production in Russia has steadily increased over the past decade, largely driven by exports to Europe where European pellet demand for consumer households and commercial heat....
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Thailand: Biofuels Annual

The new 20-year AEDP (2018 – 2037), which was approved by the Cabinet on April 30, 2019, is likely to lower the biofuel consumption target.
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Malaysia: Biofuels Annual

Biodiesel production in 2019 is expected to increase by roughly 36 percent (compared to the previous year) to 1.69 billion liters due to increases in domestic use and exports.
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Japan: Biofuels Annual

Japan’s annual biofuel target of 500 million liters (crude oil equivalent) for the transport sector was reached on time in 2017 and continues unchanged this year.
International Agricultural Trade Report

West Africa: Prospects for U.S. Exporters

The West African nations of Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal are home to some of the largest cities in the region...
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Brazil: Biofuels Annual

The National Biofuels Policy of Brazil, the RenovaBio program, is expected to be implemented in late December 2019. Over forty biofuel plants have requested the certification process.
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EU-28: Biofuels Annual

The EU set a 10 percent target for renewable energy use in transport for 2020, and raised the target to 14 percent in 2030, with advanced biofuels counting double to the target.