German biodiesel exports see slight increase so far in 2017

In Germany, UFOP reports that in the first six months of 2017, German biodiesel exports slightly exceeded the previous year’s figures. More specifically, Denmark and Great Britain purchased more biodiesel from German production. By contrast, demand from the US slumped.

In the first half year of 2017, total German biodiesel exports climbed 13.7 per cent to 720,000 tonnes compared to the 2016 reference period. About 93 per cent of these exports went to other EU-28 countries. The top purchaser of German biodiesel continued to be the Netherlands, with imports rising 8 per cent to 291,000 tonnes. Poland remained in second place, importing a constant quantity of 89,000 tonnes. Many other EU-28 countries raised imports from Germany, Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (mbH) reported. Exports to Great Britain experienced the biggest increase by 244 per cent. However, Denmark, Switzerland and France also imported significantly more. Exports of German biodiesel to the US sagged to 61 tonnes, virtually coming to a standstill. The slump was due to the fact that soybean supply to the US market was sufficient and the euro was firm, making commodities from the EU-28 more expensive abroad. Sweden and Norway also reduced imports by on average 50 per cent.