Fastmarkets to launch price assessment for UCO Straits: pricing notice

Fastmarkets has decided to launch a weekly price assessment for used cooking oil, fob Straits, with Straits being defined as ports in Malaysia and Singapore, with effect from May 14, 2026.

Fastmarkets consulted the market between April 24 and May 8, 2026. No feedback was received, and Fastmarkets will therefore proceed with the launch, which will be effective from May 14, 2026.

This decision was first proposed in a methodology note published on April 24.

The introduction of this new price assessment will broaden the coverage of the biofuel feedstock coverage and enhance Fastmarkets’ robust biofuel coverage in Americas and Europe.

The specifications for the price assessment are as follows:

AG-UCO-0016 – Used cooking oil, fob Straits
Specifications: Free fatty acids (FFA) max 5%; moisture, impurities and unsaponifiable matter (MIU) max 2%; iodine value (IV) min 50 g iodine/hg; sulfur content max 50 ppm; ISCC certified
Quantity: 2,000-5,000 tonnes
Incoterm: FOB
Location: Straits – ports in Malaysia and Singapore
Unit & currency: USD/tonne
Delivery period: Shipment within 45 days following date of sale
Data window: Up to Thursday, 6pm Singapore Time
Publication frequency: Weekly, Thursdays

This assessment will be a part of the Fastmarkets fats, oils and biofuels package.

To provide feedback on these price assessments, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and biofuels@fastmarkets.com. Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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