European Commission announces provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese HVO and FAME imports but not SAF

In Belgium, in a pre-disclosure document published Friday, the European Commission announced it will impose provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese HVO and FAME imports in four weeks’ time, ranging between 12.8% and 36.4%. In the meantime, EBB will ask for automatic registration of imports during the pre-disclosure stage, bringing some relief to the hard-hit EU biodiesel sector before the duties go into effect. EBB will closely monitor these imports and in the case of an increase during this period, may request retroactive imposition of the definitive duties. However, EBB is gravely concerned at the EU’s unexpected exclusion of dumped Chinese Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from these provisional measures. In the Union interests, EBB expects the European Commission to address unfair trade from Chinese SAF producers, which would otherwise seriously damage the industry and lead to a reliance on China in the future. We will be addressing this issue with the regulators as a matter of priority.