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Colombia recently increased their biofuel blend mandate to 10 percent for most of the country.

On June 14, 2018, an agreement on the successor to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) was reached for 2021-2030.

The development of the biofuels sector remains a low priority for the Russian government whose agricultural programs are largely focused on “import substitution” and export support programs.

U.S. exports of corn-based products have experienced rapid growth in the past decade, reaching a value of $7.6 billion in fiscal year 2014, up 16 percent from the previous year.

China’s 2014 fuel ethanol production is forecast to reach 2.8 billion liters, up six percent from the previous year due to fuel consumption growth in provinces with a blend mandate.

In December 2014, the Dutch energy sector and NGOs agreed upon the sustainability criteria for biomass but couldn’t agree on the time path for complying with these criteria.