OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025 Commodity Snapshots: Biofuels

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025 Commodity Snapshots: Biofuels

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 13 p.

Publisher OECD/FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Other document

ISBN 978-92-64-25322-3

Series title OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook

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Synopsis (short abstract) Several political changes concerning biofuel markets were finalised in the course of 2015. In Brazil, the taxation system was amended to favour hydrous ethanol rather than gasohol3 and the mandatory anhydrous ethanol blending ratio was increased from 25% to 27%. In the European Union, revisions to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and to the Fuel Quality Directive were adopted. A 7% cap was introduced on renewable energy coming from food and feed crops in the transport sector by 2020. After a long delay, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rulemaking for the years 2014-16 was issued in November 2015. The mandates specified are higher than those proposed earlier in the year, though still considerably lower than the initial levels proposed in 2007.

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Commodity chapters (not available in full report)

Cereals

Oilseeds and Oilseed Products

Sugar

Meat

Dairy and Dairy Products

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Forward

Acronyms and abbreviations

Executive summary

Chapter 1: Overview of the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025

Chapter 2: Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prospects and challenges for the next decade

Chapter 3: Commodity snapshots

Commodity chapters (not available in full report)
Cereals
Oilseeds and Oilseed Products
Sugar
Meat
Dairy and Dairy Products
Fish and Seafood
Biofuels
Cotton
Statistical Annex

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Commodity chapters (not available in full report)

Cereals

Oilseeds and Oilseed Products

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Meat

Dairy and Dairy Products

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