EU Starts Monitoring Bioethanol to Prevent Import Surge

November 05, 2020

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by Philip Blenkinsop (Reuters) The European Union has begun monitoring incoming renewable ethanol used for fuel to see if measures are needed to prevent a surge of imports from U.S. and other producers, the EU official journal said on Wednesday.

The surveillance system, designed to provide information more rapidly than official statistics, will be in place for a year. It means imports need to be accompanied by a surveillance report.

EU demand, as elsewhere, collapsed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and any diversion of excess stocks in producing countries to the European Union could stifle a recovery for EU producers.

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Some 84% of world production is in the United States and Brazil. Slight overcapacity in the United States has prompted countries including Brazil, China, Peru and Colombia to adopt measures to limit imports. READ MORE

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