Eu imports US soybean with biofuels – policy to approve until July 1, 2021

Eu imports US soybean with biofuels – policy to approve until July 1, 2021

Brussels

January 30, 2019

The European Commission

On January 29, US-made soybeans,

“It meets the technical requirements for utilization as a biofuel within the EU”

announced that it was certified.

also announced the policy to approve this measure until July 1, 2021.

In the future, we plan to open a market for US-made soybean imported by the EU

It is a response based on the policy of “expanding soybean imports from the United States” (see the article on September 21, 2018).

The EU,

By promoting the use of renewable energy, we will utilize soybean as biofuel.

Quality requirements:

Particularly, from the viewpoint of sustainability,  demanding the US side that it is an appropriate raw material.

– JETRO

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