AreaUnited States of America

Commodity GroupBiofuels

CommodityBiodiesel

Date01/11/2017

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport policy - trade dispute

DescriptionSet preliminary countervailing duties for biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia.

NotesIn October 2017, the U.S. Commerce Department set – in addition to the preliminary countervailing duties imposed earlier this year (see MPPU Sep.’17) – preliminary anti-dumping duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia, claiming that Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel was sold in the United States at dumping margins of, respectively, 54–70 percent and 51 percent. The Department is expected to announce its final anti-dumping decision in January 2018.