EU Opens Antidumping Case on Chinese Biodiesel

The European Commission on Dec. 20 opened an antidumping investigation on biodiesel from China following a complaint from EU biodiesel producers. Those producers submitted evidence of biodiesel imports from China coming in at "artificially low prices," the commission said, adding that the producers said the imports are "seriously harming their industry because they cannot compete with such low prices." The EU biodiesel industry is worth nearly $34 billion annually, the commission said.