WTO panel to examine EU duties on Argentine biodiesel
By International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
April 30, 2014
The dispute (DS473) between Argentina and the EU over the latter's imposition of antidumping duties on biodiesel imports from the South American economy has advanced to the panel stage at the global trade arbiter, after a second request last week.
An update on recent biodiesel-related developments in Argentina
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Transportation held a press conference April 14 announcing two $125,000 grants to Farmers Cooperative and Oak Street Station.
Fuel Performance Solutions has entered into a business partnership with IPU Group and Unipart Group to market, sell, distribute and provide aftermarket support for PerfoClean, a new product designed to provide superior cleaning for storage tanks.
Mark your calendar for one of four dates on which Paul Nazzaro (NBB petroleum liaison) and Jeff Fetkenhour (Gorge Analytical) will present a webinar on fuel supply chain logistics issues and opportunities as they relate to biodiesel blends.
At approximately 480.3 million gallons (just under 1.6 million metric tons), the German biodiesel industry set a new export record in 2013, according to an appraisal by AMI based on data from the German Federal Statistical Office.
This article is an attempt to tease out the issues related to value allocation and to look at what impact, if any, the proposed legislation for a biodiesel tax credit extension (S.2021, U.S. Sens. Grassley and Cantwell) has on the price of B100.
Germany's UFOP reports that biodiesel sales declined drastically by 90 million gallons in 2013, according to data from BAFA. During 2009-'12, biodiesel sales averaged 750.5 million gallons. In 2013, the volume was only 660.5 million gallons.
B20 has been used by the N.C. DOT for more than a decade and is provided at over 100 state fuel sites. The New Bern Crown Express is the third station to provide B20 to the motoring public in Raleigh, and it's the 28th across the state.
Uncertainty can lead biodiesel industry stakeholders off point. A tremendous value-added proposition exists for biodiesel marketers to diversify their fuel products offerings, improve corporate images and, of course, bolster their bottom lines.
Targray's service in Bakersfield, Calif., for B99 and B100 began in mid-February. Targray will supply biodiesel to its growing customer base in California using the terminal's 24/7 truck rack. Full truckloads or splash blending is available.
Renewable Energy Group's new division, REG Energy Services, will sell heating oil and ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) at seven terminals throughout the northeastern U.S. as well as biodiesel-blended heating oil at an existing REG terminal location.
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By Peter Brown
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We may already be over the tipping point where greenhouse gases (GHG) have so altered the delicate balance in nature that climate changes are irreversible. We, the purveyors of solutions, can but do the best we can with whatever weapons we can build.
Three promising accomplishments by NBB's technical team and NREL
Akash Energy Inc. recently acquired two Houston GasCard stations that currently offer B20. Akash will be rebranding the stations as "Root Fuels" in the coming months, and as part of the rebranding effort, it will be adding B100 pumps at the stations.
The U.S. imported more than 46 million gallons of biomass-based diesel in October, roughly half of which came from Argentina, according to the latest EIA information
On Dec. 19 the Argentine government announced it has submitted a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization against the definitive antidumping tariffs (24.6 percent) imposed by the European Union on biodiesel exports from Argentina to the EU.
U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel in September nearly doubled August volumes, according to the latest figures from the Energy Information Administration. U.S. exports of biomass-based diesel, however, fell significantly in September from August.
German biodiesel exports have rocketed this year. The German Federal Statistical Office puts foreign sales between January and September 2013 at 1.1 million metric tons (330 million gallons), almost 14 percent up on the same period in 2012.
Honeywell has been selected by Transport for London to provide its Fusion4 technology to allow biofuels used in London buses to be blended directly at London bus depots, rather than blending at Scottish refineries and transporting blends to London.
Biodiesel producer and marketer Renewable Energy Group Inc. has entered into an agreement with Dutch Hill Terminals, a leading heating oil terminal in New Jersey, to market biodiesel and biodiesel blended heating oil at its Clifton, N.J., location.
As of Nov. 27, the EU will impose definitive antidumping duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia. The antidumping measures consist of an additional duty of on average 24.6 percent for Argentina and 18.9 percent for Indonesia.
New York City-based Tri-State Biodiesel and its parent company, The Sustainable Biodiesel Company, have partnered with New Jersey-based Lard-NABF LLC to purchase and upgrade the Connecticut-based biodiesel production business, Bridgeport Biodiesel.
Renewable Energy Group Inc. formally opened the latest in a series of major enhancements to its biodiesel operations Nov. 15 with a ribbon cutting at the new barge loading facility at the company's Seneca, Ill., biorefinery.
Methes Energies International Ltd. announced Nov. 5 that 18 rail cars were shipped out of its Sombra, Ontario, biodiesel facility last month, totaling more than 485,000 gallons. This surpasses its previous record of eight rail cars shipped in April.
While U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel in August remained relatively flat from July, exports nearly doubled; and U.S. imports of "other renewable diesel" more than doubled in August over July
Wilks Enterprise's new InfraCal 2 Analyzer for measuring biodiesel content in blends features better repeatability, multiple calibrations, unlimited data storage, optional internal battery pack, touch screen display and password protection.
Argentina's Foreign Ministry said duties were imposed "without a justified legal and factual basis," and are "clearly protectionist." The duties "leave no option for Argentina than immediate action" under WTO's dispute settlement understanding (DSU).
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