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Biodiesel newsYuschenko signs law on support for production and use of biofuelProducers and users of the biofuel will be granted significant tax privileges in Ukraine under a new law signed on Tuesday by President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko, according to a posting on the official Web site of the president. According to the law, which is to come into force when it is published, excise duty on the production of biofuel and bio-ethanol will be zero, with the exception of some tax provisions, which will come into effect from January 1, 2010 3 August 2009 Ukraine: S&D of the oilseed and vegoil market: Market trends and price forecastUkraine's rapeseed market is now in low activity. Reduction of the 2009/10 crop forecasts for both Ukraine and the world immediately influenced the prices. Rapeseed quotes are rising on major world exchanges. So, rapeseed prices have grown by $15/MT or EURO5/MT 24 March 2009 Ukraine planning to produce biodiesel from microalgaeUkrainian scientists will continue working on a project to produce biodiesel from microalgae, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers has reported. Experts from the national agency for ensuring the effective use of energy resources are currently working on a feasibility study for this project, the press service said. 5 March 2009 Êîììåíòàðèè: 4 Ministry Cabinet of Ukraine calls to support biofuel productionIn order to provide effective functioning of the agro industrial complex the Ministry Cabinet of Ukraine offers to the Ministry of Industrial Policy, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy and the National Agency of effective use of power resources to assist the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "About alteration in several legislative acts of Ukraine considering assistance of production and use of biological types of fuel" in 2009. 3 February 2009 Russian sunflower oil exports at record highRussia, which had a record sunflower harvest in 2008, continues to set new highs for sunflower oil exports. Russia exported 266,000 tonnes of sunflower oil in September-December 2008, including 124,000 tonnes in December, both record highs, Dmitry Rylko, the general director of the IKAR agricultural market research institute, told Interfax. Russia exported 76,000 tonnes of sunflower oil in 2006, the previous record, and 52,000 tonnes in 2007 24 January 2009 Êîììåíòàðèè: 1 CIA: AUTOMOTIVE - Fuel and petrol stationAccording to a current study made by the Ministry of Industry and trade (MPO), a total of 72,500 tons of biodiesel and 44,700 tons of bio-ethanol were consumed in the Czech Republic January through October. Domestic production amounted to 63,700 tons of biodiesel and 43,400 tons of bio-ethanol. The production of bio-ethanol is continually growing, in October it amounted to the record-breaking 9,330 tons.Imports amounted to 38,300 tons of biodiesel, that came mainly from Germany (14,500 tons) and Slovakia (15,300 tons). 18 January 2009 Mogilevkhimvolokno to start commercial production of biodieselMogilevkhimvolokno has made a pilot batch of fatty acid methyl ester (biodiesel) from rapeseed oil. The company plans to reach design capacity of 30,000 tonnes/y fatty acid methyl ester in 2H 2009, from which it can obtain around 600,000 tonnes of biofuels. Mogilevkhimvolokno makes polyester yarns and fibres. It is the only producer of DMT and PET in the CIS. Exports reached $210 M in Jan-Nov 2008, a rise of 11.6% on a year earlier. 18 December 2008 
Ukraine Oilseeds and Oils Update 2008The Government of Ukraine introduces new regulations on sunflower seeds and sunflower oil 16 December 2008 Ukraine possesses world's second export potential of rape - expertAn export potential of the Ukrainian rape makes up 2.45 million tons in 2008/09 marketing year, which makes Ukraine the second main supplier of this oil culture in the world after Canada. This estimate was made by analyst Vadym Lytvynenko at the International Conference "Fat-and-Oil Industry-2008" in Odesa (South Ukraine). 10 November 2008 
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