Attaché Report (GAIN)

Colombia: Biofuels Annual

Colombia’s ethanol consumption in 2024 is projected to increase to 728 million liters, mainly owing to the government’s restored 10 percent ethanol mandate (E10). Heightened ethanol demand is expected to be met through imports, primarily from the United States, despite the countervailing duty on U.S. fuel ethanol.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Thailand: Biofuels Annual

Thailand’s newly proposed National Energy Plan (NEP) lowered the on-road biofuel consumption target to reflect the lower mandated blend rate for biodiesel and set a target for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from 2026.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Japan: Japan to Develop SAF Standards

In order to support the introduction of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is going to hold expert committee meetings to discuss the framework of upcoming SAF regulations.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Peru: Biofuels Annual

Peru's Consumer Defense and Intellectual Protection Institute (INDECOPI) initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of U.S. ethanol on April 25, 2017.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Colombia: Biofuels Annual

Colombia’s biofuel production decreased in 2016 as a result of difficult weather conditions that affected its main feedstocks (sugarcane and palm oil).
On September 7th, 2017, the European Commission received the green light from the Members States to lower anti-dumping duties on Argentine biodiesel from the current 22 – 25.7 percent to 4.5- 8.1....
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Brazil: Biofuels Annual

As part of the ambitious goals set at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris on December 2016....
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Italy: Italian Wood Pellets Overview

Italy is a leading European consumer of wood pellets (approximately 3 million metric tons per year), with domestic consumption representing 96 percent of total use.
International Agricultural Trade Report

U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in Brazil

Brazil’s consumers have a budding appetite for higher-value food products as the country’s economy recovers from a historic recession and its middle class grows.