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08.17.09
Australia Senate to Debate Renewable Energy Bill
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08.17.09
Senators Remain Pressured to Pass Cap-and-Trade Bill
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08.14.09
Scientists Claim Shrimp Shells Important for Biodiesel Production
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08.14.09
Verbio Posts Financial Results
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08.14.09
Peru Launches Biodiesel Antidumping Investigation
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08.14.09
Soy Energy to Buy Freedom Fuels Assets
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08.12.09
Petrobras Invests in Chile Alternative Fuels
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08.12.09
BP and Martek Partner on Biodiesel Research
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08.07.09
Biodiesel Producer's Credit Introduced
A rule replacing the $1/gal biodiesel blender’s credit with a five-year producti...
08.06.09
Thai Government Fixes Diesel Price
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MARKET VIEWS: Argentina Biodiesel Not Reaping Subsidies as EU Claims
09.25.09
Cámara Argentina de Energías Renovables (CADER) has released a report titled State of The Argentine Biodiesel Industry that refutes EU claims that Argentine biodiesel exporters get unfair subsidies, stating that they actually have to pay a 20% export tax.
EU has been considering the 12% difference between the 32% soy oil export tax, and the 20% biodiesel tax an indirect subsidy for Argentine biodiesel producers, but CADER states that the amount of tax applied is based on value added before export.
In other words, biodiesel producers are not receiving a subsidy for exports, but paying the Argentine government a percentage of the soy-products value, in which biodiesel exporters pay less to the government than bean or bean oil exporters. CADER states, the nation's tax system, "seeks to drive investment towards value-added products in the country."
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