In Peru, the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) dismissed questions about the initiation of an examination procedure due to the expiration of measures to the anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of biodiesel, which began in September of 2020. According to Resolution No. 265-2021 / CDB-INDECOPI, published […]
In Peru, a new soap ingredient has been developed for washing clothes in rivers and streams that actually cleans up pollution instead of adding to it. Creative agency Fahrenheit DDB and bottled water company Andea conceived and developed the probiotic technology and founded a startup, Cirsys, to manufacture and sell it to detergent brands. The […]
In Peru, the Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) Tribunal announced on Jan. 29, 2021 that the U.S. ethanol industry and the U.S. government won an appeal on a countervailing duty case brought against U.S. ethanol in Peru, reversing a previous decision handed down by […]
In Peru, the Nation newspaper reports that following the 2% biodiesel blend that was implemented on January 2 following just 1% blending prior to then, the country is hoping to boost its blending mandate by another 5% over the next five years, increasing 1% annually. The head of the fuels department at the industry and […]
In Peru, local press reports that that Petroperú has canceled the purchase tender of $81 million worth of biodiesel, the volume required for half a year’s consumption, on December 20 when the winning offer was meant to be announced. The tender’s closing date was December 17. The state-owned oil company has not indicated why the […]
In Peru, the country’s regulator announced it would slap anti-dumping duties on imports of Argentine biodiesel for five years, saying the imports had a negative impact on domestic producers. Specific duties have been lobbed on specific companies, as follows: Cargill: $134.70 per ton Bunge: $141.40 per ton Noble: $152.70 per ton Louis Dreyfus and others: […]
In Argentina, biofuel producers have rejected anti-dumping measures Peru has implemented against the country’s industry and have said they will appeal it. Peru’s competition regulator Indecopi approved $208.2 per ton anti-dumping duties on all Argentine biodiesel coming into the country at the end of January. Argentina is the source of most of Peru’s biodiesel consumption. […]
In Peru, Maple Energy is still trying work with its senior lenders to repay the debt belonging to its ethanol companies. All of the fixed assets held by the ethanol companies has been transferred by the trustee acting on behalf of the senior lenders to subsidiaries of Grupo Gloria for about $108 million before taxes. […]
In Peru, the state-owned PetroPeru is repeatedly tendering for biodiesel imports. The company currently has an open tender for March to May delivery of two times 120,000 barrels, repeating a similar tender that it held in late November for December to January delivery.
In Peru, as COP 2014 is fully underway in Lima, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) reiterated that biofuels, like ethanol, are presently one of the most commercially viable, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reducing transport fuel alternatives to crude oil in the medium term. According to the GRFA, it is estimated that 25% to 30% […]
