Statistics

The EU biodiesel industry

	2008 Production By Country
	COUNTRY   '000 TONNES* Germany 2,819 France 1,815 Italy 595 Belgium   277 Poland   275 Portugal   268 Denmark/Sweden   231 Austria   213 Spain   207 UK   192 Slovakia   146 Greece   107 Hungary   105 Czech Rep.   104 The Netherlands   101 Finland   85 Lithuania   66 Romania   65 Latvia   30 Ireland   24 Bulgaria   11 Cyprus 9 Slovenia 9 Malta 1 Luxemburg 0 Estonia 0 TOTAL 7,755 2008 production was increased by 35.7% compared to 2007. Subject to a +/- 5% margin of error.
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	2009 Production Capacity
	COUNTRY   '000 TONNES* Austria 707 Belgium 705 Bulgaria   435 Cyprus 20 Czech Republic 325 Denmark 140 Estonia 135 Finland* 340 France 2,505 Germany 5,200 Greece 715 Hungary 186 Ireland* 80 Italy* 1,910 Latvia 136 Lithuania 147 Luxemburg 0 Malta 8 The Netherlands   1,036 Poland 580 Portugal 468 Romania   307 Slovakia 247 Slovenia 100 Spain 3,656 Sweden 212 UK 609 TOTAL 20,909 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, 2008.
	*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.