Indonesia is to file a World Trade Organisation complaint in late March against European Union anti-dumping duties relating to Southeastern Asian biodiesel exports, trade officials say. In November 2013, the European Union set duties of 20.5 percent for Indonesian producers of palm oil. Indonesia has claimed that EU duties has caused biodiesel sales to slump significantly, from $625m in 2013 to an expected $9m in 2017. Brussels claims that because Indonesia imposes duties on palm oil, the feedstock for its biodiesel, its domestic producers are able to sell biodiesel at unfairly low prices.
Indonesia is to file a World Trade Organisation complaint in late March against European Union anti-dumping duties relating to Southeastern Asian biodiesel exports, trade officials say. In November 2013, the European Union set duties of 8.8% to 20.5% for Indonesian producers of palm oil. Indonesia has claimed that EU duties has caused biodiesel sales to slump significantly, from $625m in 2013 to an expected $9m in 2017. Brussels claims that because Indonesia imposes duties on palm oil, the feedstock for its biodiesel, its domestic producers are able to sell biodiesel at unfairly low prices.