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Detail

Area

Brazil

Commodity Group

Biofuels

Commodity

Biodiesel

Date

01/04/2016

Policy Category

Renewable energy

Policy Instrument

Renewable energy policy

Description

Announced increase in the national mandatory biodiesel blending rate from 7 percent to 8 percent in March 2017, and further to 9 percent in 2018 and 10 percent in 2019.