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07.16.08
India to Create Biofuel Development Board
In India, draft policy creating a Biofuel Development Board has been sent to the...
07.15.08
Costa Rica Seeks To Be Carbon Free by 2011
President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica has vowed to have his whole country carbon f...
07.14.08
China Approves Three Jatropha Biodiesel Facilities
China National Development and Reform Commission has approved three state-owned,...
07.11.08
Indonesia to Establish Biofuel Mandate
Indonesia is aiming to mandate a 2.5% blend of biodiesel by September, the chair...
07.10.08
EU Environment Committee Rejects Biofuel Target
The European Parliament's Environment Committee has rejected the EU's 10% biofue...
07.10.08
World Bank Refutes Biofuel Story by The Guardian
The World Bank has refuted a recent story by The Guardian claiming access to a “...
07.07.08
Biofuels Could Provide 10% of World Fuel
Biofuels could provide as much as 10% of the world's fuel mix over the next coup...
07.03.08
Non-OPEC Countries Will Rely Heavily on Biofuels
Non-Opec countries will have to rely on biofuels in the next five years for 50% ...
07.02.08
Renewable Energy Receives Record Funding
Wind, solar, and biofuel companies received a record $148 billion in new funding...
07.01.08
Fiji Plans Coconut Biodiesel Plants
In Fiji, The National Strategic Committee on Biofuel plans to install coconut oi...
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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