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Biodiesel and ethanol production reaches 10.7 million tons in Europe

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The EU is getting serious about biofuels. The production of ethanol and biodiesel, an estimated 10.7 million tons for 2007, is up a 60 percent from 2006, when 6.5 million tons were produced, according to USDA info.

In the case of biodiesel, production tops 8.1 million tons, 57 percent increasingly than final year. Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom produce 80 percent of that quantity whereas imports top 430,000 tons, 560 percent increasingly than final year.

For ethanol, production is expected to reach 2.3 million tons, 71.4 percent increasingly than in 2005 (1.3 million). Germany is current the big producer, topping 450,000 tons although expected production for France and Spain for 2008 is 800,000 tons. Imports

are additionally high, 660,000 tons, 82.8 percent increasingly than final year.

Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Spain are the main biofuel producers and spenders. Previsions for 2008 reflect higher numbers. The EU is expected to produce 12.3 million tons of biodiesel and 3.6 million of ethanol.

[Source: Agroinformación.com via Econoticias]

Original post by Xavier Navarro