Transport & Enviornment says 53% of EU biodiesel feedstocks are imported

In Belgium, analysis of the European Commission’s agriculture data shows that 53% of feedstocks (vegetable oils mainly from rapeseed, palm and soya) used to produce crop biodiesel in EU installations in 2015 was imported, not grown in Europe as the biofuels industry would like people to think. The Transport & Environment (T&E) analysis also shows that the ethanol industry is a minor player in the EU biofuels market today as four out of every five liters of biofuel consumed in Europe is biodiesel, according to the 2017 EU Energy Statistical Pocketbook.