EU MINISTERS ASKED TO EXTEND USA BIODIESEL DUTIES TO CANADIAN BIOFUEL
May 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
European Union (EU) member states have been asked to approve extending import duties on US-made biodiesel after hearing evidence that US exporters had been evading special EU import tariffs imposed in 2009 by shipping via Canada or mixing it with weaker blends.
The European Commission has released a formal proposal (on April 11) for approval by EU ministers to extend duties of Euro EUR237 per tonne on USA-made biodiesel blends mixed with more than 20% "fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters and/or paraffinic gasoil obtained from synthesis and/or ...
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