AreaEuropean Union

Commodity GroupBiofuels

CommodityBiodiesel

Date18/09/2018

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentTrade dispute

DescriptionDecided to postpone the introduction of provisional countervailing duties on biodiesel imported from Argentina.

NotesThe European Commission decided to postpone the introduction of provisional countervailing duties on imports of allegedly subsidized biodiesel from Argentina (see also MPPU May & Aug.’18). Despite the preliminary finding that Argentinian exports are favoured by subsidies and therefore potentially threaten the EU’s biodiesel industry, the Commission informed that it intends to collect additional information in order to proceed with its investigations. Market participants had expected that the Commission would collect duties from October. Accordingly, Argentina’s biodiesel shipments to the EU are reported to have dropped in recent weeks.