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Spain is a member of the European Union (EU) and follows EU directives and regulations.

Updated import duties of Euro 5.16 per metric ton are applied on corn, sorghum and rye from August 8, 2017.

The 2016 elimination of the bioethanol specific target resulted in reduced market opportunities for bioethanol producers.

The EU28 grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.

On February 2, 2017, the European Commission launched a consultation on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to better understand where the current policy can be simplified....

Two studies conducted by Eastern European Members States (MS) have concluded that identically branded food products are being sold with lower quality in Eastern Europe than Western Europe.

Since 2015, when the government set the overall biofuel mandate at 7.5 percent for transportation, the market has been adjusting to avoid exceeding the volumetric blending limit for biodiesel.

The increased regular fuel consumption, the higher blending mandate established for 2017 and the fact that duty protection will still prevail at least for the large majority of the calendar year....

Spain is a member of the European Union (EU) and it follows EU directives and regulations.

Spain’s dried fodder production is expected to remain fairly stable in MY2017/18. Export opportunities in Saudi Arabia and poor corn crop margins have driven alfalfa plantings slightly up.

This report provides an overview on the biofuel use mandates in the various EU-28 member states. It supplements the EU-28 Biofuels Annual Report.

Dry weather conditions prevailing throughout the winter grains crop cycle, along with warmer than average spring temperatures have driven down yield expectations in Spain.