Statistics

The EU biodiesel industry

	2006 Production By Country
	COUNTRY   '000 TONNES* Germany 2,662 France 743 Italy 447 UK   192 Austria   123 Poland   116 Czech Rep. 107 Spain 99 Portugal 91 Slovakia 82 Denmark 80 Greece   42 Belgium   25 The Netherlands   18 Sweden   13 Slovenia   11 Romania   10 Lithuania   10 Latvia   7 Bulgaria   4 Ireland 4 Malta 2 Cyprus 1 Estonia 1 Finland 0 Hungary 0 Luxemburg 0 TOTAL 4,890 2006 production was increased by 54% compared to 2005. Subject to a +/- 5% margin of error.
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	2007 Production Capacity
	COUNTRY   '000 TONNES* Austria 326 Belgium 335 Bulgaria   65 Cyprus 6 Czech Republic 203 Denmark 90 Estonia 35 Finland* 0 France 780 Germany 4,361 Greece 440 Hungary 21 Ireland* 6 Italy* 1,366 Latvia 20 Lithuania 42 Luxemburg 0 Malta 8 The Netherlands   115 Poland 250 Portugal 246 Romania   81 Slovakia 99 Slovenia 17 Spain 508 Sweden 212 UK 657 TOTAL 10,289 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, 2007.
	*Indicating additional capacities of hydrodiesel.
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	Total EU27 biodiesel production for 2006 was over 4.8 million metric tonnes, an increase of 54% from the 2005 figures.