UK maintains biodiesel import duties on Indonesia shipments

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UK will maintain anti-dumping duties of 8% to 18% on Indonesian biodiesel imports for five years following the Trade Remedies Authority's recommendation.
The updated tariff regime, effective following a review started 6 December 2024, now excludes sustainable aviation fuel from the product scope to better reflect UK market needs.
This biodiesel duty case concludes one of the final transition reviews of EU-inherited trade remedy measures adopted into UK law post-Brexit.

Transition review confirms five-year tariff regime

As reported by GOV.UK, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the Trade Remedies Authority's recommendation to maintain the current duties on biodiesel imports from Indonesia.

The review began on 6 December 2024 and examined whether the tariffs still need to remain in force, as well as whether the definition of the affected product should be updated. Biodiesel is commonly supplied for use as road transport fuel in the UK.

Under the decision, duties ranging from 8% to 18% remain in place for five years. The updated product definition covers fatty-acid mono-alkylesters or paraffinic gasoils obtained from synthesis or hydrotreatment of non-fossil origin, in pure form or included in a blend, while excluding sustainable aviation fuel.

Scope change reflects UK market needs

The Trade Remedies Authority proposed removing sustainable aviation fuel from the product definition because of differences in production processes, raw materials, customer base and limited interchangeability with biodiesel.

The case forms part of the UK's review of trade remedy measures that were originally investigated by the European Union Commission before the UK left the EU. Those measures were carried into UK law after Brexit where they were considered relevant to domestic producers, and this biodiesel case is one of the last transition reviews to be completed.

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