Statistics

The EU biodiesel industry

	2009 Production By Country
	COUNTRY   '000 TONNES* Germany 2539 France 1959 Spain   859 Italy 737 Belgium   416 Poland   332 Netherlands   323 Austria   310 Portugal   250 Denmark/Sweden   233 Finland *   220 Czech Republic   164 UK   137 Hungary   133 Slovakia   101 Lithuania   98 Greece   77 Latvia   44 Romania   29 Bulgaria   25 Estonia   24 Ireland *   17 Cyprus 9 Slovenia 9 Malta 1 Luxemburg 0 TOTAL 9,046   * Data include hydro-diesel production 2009 production was increased by 16.6% compared to 2008. Subject to a +/- 5% margin of error.
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	2010 Production Capacity
	COUNTRY   '000 TONNES* Austria 560 Belgium 670 Bulgaria   425 Cyprus 20 Czech Republic 427 Denmark 250 Estonia 135 Finland* 340 France 2,505 Germany 4,933 Greece 662 Hungary 158 Ireland* 76 Italy* 2,375 Latvia 156 Lithuania 147 Luxemburg 0 Malta 5 The Netherlands   1,036 Poland 710 Portugal 468 Romania   307 Slovakia 156 Slovenia 105 Spain 4,100 Sweden 212 UK 609 TOTAL 21,904 Calculation based on 330 working days per year, per plant. The above figures represent an overall picture of the EU-27 biodiesel capacity on July 1, 2009.
	*Indicating additional capacities of hydrodiesel.
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	Total EU27 biodiesel production for 2008 was over 7.7 million metric tonnes, an increase of 35.7% from the 2007 figures.