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<br>By Chen Aizhu<br> |
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<br>SINGAPORE, Aug 16 (Reuters) [- Chinese](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) biodiesel manufacturers are seeking brand-new outlets in Asia for their exports and exploring producing other as supply to the [European](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Union, their biggest purchaser, dries up ahead of [anti-dumping](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) tariffs, [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) executives and analysts stated.<br> |
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<br>The EU will enforce provisionary anti-dumping tasks of in between 12.8% and 36.4% on Chinese biodiesel from Friday, striking over 40 [business consisting](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) of leading producers Zhejiang Jiaao, Henan Junheng and Longyan Zhuoyue Group in an export organization that was worth $2.3 billion in 2015.<br> |
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<br>Some bigger manufacturers are considering the marine fuel market in China and Singapore, the [world's leading](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) marine fuel center, as they look for to balance out already falling biodiesel exports to the EU, [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) executives said.<br> |
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<br>[Exports](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to the bloc have actually fallen greatly given that mid-2023 amid examinations. Volumes in the very first six months of this year plunged 51% from a year previously to 567,440 tons, Chinese custom-mades data showed.<br> |
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<br>June deliveries diminished to just over 50,000 heaps, the least expensive considering that mid-2019, according to customs data.<br> |
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<br>At their peak, [exports](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to the EU reached a record 1.8 million lots in 2023, representing 90% of all Chinese biodiesel exports that year. The Netherlands was the top importer in 2023, soaking in 84% of China's biodiesel deliveries to the EU, followed by Belgium and Spain, Chinese customizeds figures showed.<br> |
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<br>[Chinese producers](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) of biodiesel have taken pleasure in fat profits in the last few years, maximizing the EU's green [energy policy](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) that approves subsidies to companies that are using biodiesel as a sustainable transport fuel such as Repsol, Shell and Neste.<br> |
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<br>A lot of China's biodiesel producers are [privately-run](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) small plants employing ratings of [employees processing](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) waste oil collected from countless Chinese restaurants. Before the biodiesel export boom, they were making lower-value goods like soaps and processing leather items.<br> |
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<br>However, the boom was short-lived. The EU started in August last year investigating Indonesian biodiesel that was thought of preventing responsibilities by going through China and Britain, followed by a 14-month anti-dumping probe into Chinese biodiesel believed to be priced artificially low and undercutting regional producers.<br> |
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<br>Anticipating the tariffs, traders stockpiled on utilized cooking oil (UCO), lifting costs of the feedstock, while rates of biodiesel sank in view of shrinking demand for the Chinese supply.<br> |
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<br>"With large costs of UCO partly supported by strong U.S. and European demand, and free-falling item prices, companies are having a difficult time enduring," stated 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 halved versus in 2015's average to the current $1,200 to $1,300 per [metric load](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and are off a peak of $3,000 in 2022, Shan added.<br> |
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<br>With low rates, [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) plants have cut their operations to an all-time low of under 20% of existing capability typically in July, down from 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, shrinking biodiesel sales are improving China's UCO exports, which [experts anticipate](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) are set to touch a [brand-new](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) high this year. [UCO exports](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) soared by two-thirds year-on-year in the very first half of 2024 to 1.41 million heaps, with the United States, Singapore and the Netherlands the leading locations.<br> |
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<br>While lots of smaller plants are likely to shutter production indefinitely, bigger producers like Zhejiang Jiaao, Leoking Enviro Group and Longyan Zhuoyue are [exploring](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) new outlets including the marine fuel market at home and in the essential hub of Singapore, which is using more biodiesel for ship fuel mixing, according to the [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) executives.<br> |
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<br>Among the producers, Longyan Zhuoyue, concurred in January with COSCO Shipping to utilize more biodiesel in marine fuel.<br> |
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<br>Companies would likewise accelerate planning and structure of sustainable air travel fuel (SAF) plants, executives stated. China is expected to reveal an SAF mandate before completion of 2024.<br> |
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<br>They have likewise been hunting for brand-new biodiesel clients outside the EU bloc, in Australia, Japan, South Korea and [Southeast Asia](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) where there are local requireds for the alternative fuel, the authorities added.<br> |
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<br>(Reporting by Chen Aizhu |
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