German rapeseed meal exports are declining – UFOP

Published 2025년 6월 27일

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The German Association for the Promotion of Oilseeds and Cereals (UFOP) is using the data on the decline in rapeseed meal exports as an opportunity to declare a rejection of the reduction in the limit for biofuels from cultivated biomass proposed by the Federal Ministry for the Environment in its bill to amend the Greenhouse

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Gas Emissions Act. The law serves the national implementation of the amended Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) and is under pressure, as Germany has already missed the implementation deadline stipulated in the directive. The association therefore once again emphasizes that the biodiesel market is by far the most important sales market for German and European rapeseed and for German rapeseed mills with their processing capacity of around 10 million tons of seed per year. The production of biofuels and the availability of rapeseed meal are interdependent, the UFOP reminds, and therefore calls on the Federal Minister of Agriculture to advocate for an increase in the blending limit for biofuels to 5.3% as part of the ongoing interdepartmental coordination on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap Act. As the Union reports, this would offset the reduction in overall energy demand in transport as a result of the renewal of tax incentives for electric vehicles. Biofuels make a significant ...

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