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Following changes to the Netherlands biofuels mandate framework ahead of the country’s full implementation of the third iteration of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), aviation will no longer be included in the national mandate system.
Fastmarkets has launched used cooking oil (UCO), FOB Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Ghent (ARAG), $/tonne assessment on Thursday April 30, to provide greater transparency in the European waste-based biofuel feedstocks market and improve the existing coverage of UCO in the region.
Fastmarkets has launched crude palm oil mill effluent (POME), CIF Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp (ARA), $/tonne assessment on Thursday April 30, to provide greater transparency in a growing European market for advanced biofuel feedstocks.
The European grain trade gathered in Bucharest last week for EuroGrainExchange 2026. Here are our key observations.
European vegetable oil prices moved mostly higher week on week, supported by broader strength in underlying energy markets, where prices remained elevated amid mounting concerns over potential oil supply disruptions from the Middle East and the prolonged lack of resolution in the US-Iran conflict.
US wheat futures and Euronext contracts moved lower on Friday April 24, as profit taking and technical selling weighed on prices. Global cash markets were largely steady, with some trade reported across European origins, though broader sentiment remained cautious, with participants describing conditions as thin.