Import duties on biodiesel - Introduction to the US - Lowering the EU - what consequences? The recent reduction in import duties on Argentinian biodiesel (from 22 to 25.7% to 4.5 to 8.1%) , which the EU Commission has recently adopted, will lead to a strong re-emergence of Argentine deliveries. Argentina is ready for immediate delivery due to the recent introduction of US customs duties; in the previous year, 1.5 million tonnes were shipped to the USA. If the Indonesian biodiesel duty rate of 18.9% is also being lowered as a result of the pending decision, significant volumes are likely to be flowing into the EU-28 market in the spring of 2018. The prices of European biodiesel from rapeseed oil will come under heavy pressure.EU import duties were introduced in 2013 . In 2012, Argentina exported 1.48 million tonnes of biodiesel from soybean oil and Indonesia 1.09 million tonnes from palm oil to the EU-28. Imports shrank by about 70% in the following year. To date, only Malaysia is delivering small quantities into the EU-28 The EU accusation against the two exporting countries of Argentina and Indonesia to practice dumping prices was rejected on the occasion of a court ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the case of Argentina. The European Commission has followed the ruling.On the other hand, the USA has just been subject to anti-dumping duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia in the amount of 40 to 70% . According to experience, the judicial treatment of the contradiction of suppliers will take several years. Biodiesel is used in the EU. half made from rape . For this, one needs approx. 60% of the rapeseed range. Since rapeseed production is not sufficient for the overall demand , rape will be in the range of 3 to 4 millionyear. If the biodiesel imports were to reach an order of magnitude of 1.5 million tonnes, rapeseed would be superfluous with an average oil exploitation rate of 40%. Nevertheless, there remains a price pressure, which is recycled by biodiesel to the raw materials .
