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<br>By Chen Aizhu<br> |
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<br>SINGAPORE, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Chinese biodiesel producers are seeking new outlets in Asia for their exports and checking out producing other biofuels as supply to the European Union, their biggest purchaser, dries up ahead of anti-dumping tariffs, biofuel executives and experts stated.<br> |
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<br>The EU will impose provisionary anti-dumping tasks of in between 12.8% and 36.4% on Chinese biodiesel from Friday, striking over 40 [companies consisting](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) of leading manufacturers Zhejiang Jiaao, Henan Junheng and [Longyan Zhuoyue](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Group in an export business that was worth $2.3 billion in 2015.<br> |
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<br>Some bigger producers are considering the marine fuel market in China and Singapore, the [world's leading](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) marine fuel hub, as they look for to offset currently falling biodiesel exports to the EU, [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) executives said.<br> |
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<br>Exports to the bloc have actually fallen greatly because mid-2023 amidst investigations. Volumes in the first six months of this year plunged 51% from a year previously to 567,440 loads, Chinese custom-mades information [revealed](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).<br> |
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<br>June shipments diminished to simply over 50,000 loads, the most affordable because mid-2019, according to customizeds information.<br> |
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<br>At their peak, [exports](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) to the EU [reached](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) a record 1.8 million heaps in 2023, representing 90% of all Chinese biodiesel exports that year. The Netherlands was the leading importer in 2023, taking in 84% of China's [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) deliveries to the EU, followed by Belgium and Spain, Chinese customs figures revealed.<br> |
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<br>Chinese [manufacturers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) of biodiesel have actually delighted in fat profits recently, taking advantage of the EU's green energy policy that approves aids to [business](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) that are using biodiesel as a sustainable transportation fuel such as Repsol, Shell and Neste.<br> |
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<br>Much of China's [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) producers are privately-run little plants utilizing ratings of employees processing waste oil [gathered](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) from countless Chinese dining establishments. Before the biodiesel export boom, they were making lower-value items like soaps and processing leather products.<br> |
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<br>However, the boom was short-term. The EU began in August in 2015 examining Indonesian [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) that was thought of preventing responsibilities by going through China and Britain, followed by a 14-month anti-dumping probe into Chinese biodiesel thought to be priced synthetically low and undercutting local manufacturers.<br> |
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<br>Anticipating the tariffs, traders stockpiled on utilized cooking oil (UCO), raising rates of the feedstock, while prices of biodiesel sank in view of diminishing demand for the Chinese supply.<br> |
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<br>"With large prices of UCO partly supported by strong U.S. and European demand, and free-falling product prices, business are having a difficult time enduring," said Gary Shan, chief marketing officer of Henan Junheng.<br> |
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<br>Prices of hydrotreated veggie oil, or HVO, a main kind of biodiesel, have actually [halved versus](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) last year's average to the current $1,200 to $1,300 per metric lot and are off a peak of $3,000 in 2022, Shan added.<br> |
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<br>With low costs, [biodiesel plants](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) have actually cut their operations to a lowest level of under 20% of existing capacity typically in July, below a peak of 50% last seen in early 2023, according to Chinese consultancies Sublime China Information and JLC.<br> |
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<br>Meanwhile, diminishing biodiesel sales are increasing China's UCO exports, which experts predict are set to touch a brand-new high this year. UCO exports soared by two-thirds year-on-year in the very first half of 2024 to 1.41 million tons, with the United States, [Singapore](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and the Netherlands the top locations.<br> |
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<br>While lots of smaller sized plants are likely to shutter [production](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) indefinitely, larger producers like Zhejiang Jiaao, Leoking Enviro Group and Longyan Zhuoyue are checking out new [outlets including](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) the marine at home and in the important hub of Singapore, which is utilizing more [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) for ship fuel mixing, according to the [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) executives.<br> |
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<br>One of the producers, Longyan Zhuoyue, concurred in January with COSCO Shipping to use more biodiesel in marine fuel.<br> |
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<br>Companies would likewise accelerate preparation and structure of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants, executives stated. China is anticipated to announce an SAF required before the end of 2024.<br> |
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<br>They have actually also been hunting for brand-new biodiesel customers outside the EU bloc, in Australia, Japan, [South Korea](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) and Southeast Asia where there are regional requireds for the alternative fuel, the authorities included.<br> |
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<br>(Reporting by Chen Aizhu |
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