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High crop-based feedstock prices in Europe, including rapeoil (RSO), crude palm oil (CPO) and soyoil (SBO), and lower import rates from Asia, pushed UCO prices up slightly, with cargoes in the DDP North-West Europe (NWE) market trading at €1,180 ($1,346) per tonne, up by €20 per tonne, 1.72%, week on week.
Despite slower trading in June, and China increasing both its domestic UCO use and its exports to the US, the import flows into the Netherlands, Europe’s key import hub, nearly doubled in the first five months of 2026 compared with 2025. A total of 302,362 tonnes of the feedstock were shipped, Chinese customs data showed.
“Higher prices for UCO and generally expensive vegoils might increase interest for animal fats,” a source told Fastmarkets.
The situation in the animal fats market remained mixed, with sources reporting continuing supply issues for category 1 and 2 material, while the supply of category 3 cargoes was said to be stable.
Depending on the FFA content of 15-30%, sources quoted offers for category 1, 2 mixed animal fat at €990-1,020 per tonne in the North-West European market.
With high temperatures persisting, trading for edible grade material was heard at higher levels compared with last week, with Fastmarkets revising its price assessments accordingly.
“Bids for export cargoes [to the] US decreased a lot, [and] it looks like – without the export support – the market will move down quite a bit,” a trade source told Fastmarkets.
Market sources also reported weaker trading for advanced feedstocks, with European advanced biofuel producers commenting on poor production margins and low demand for final product.
With no fresh deals reported for crude palm oil mill effluent (POME), sources quoted the price for refined POME around $1,440-1,460 per tonne CIF Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp (ARA) versus $1,380-1,400 per tonne CIF last week. No trades were confirmed by the time of publication while trade sources referred to those prices as “unreasonably high.”
Indications for food waste oil (FWO) increased by around $5 per tonne week on week to $1,370-1,380 per tonne CIF ARA on the selling side, and around $1,330-1,340 per tonne on the buying side. Market sources reported soap stock acid oil (SSAO) trading in the range of $1,040-1,090 per tonne CIF ARA depending on quality specification.
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