Statistics

The EU biodiesel industry

	2007 Production By Country
	COUNTRY   '000 TONNES* Germany 2,890 France 872 Italy 363 Austria   267 Portugal   175 Spain   168 Belgium   166 UK   150 Greece   100 The Netherlands   85 Denmark   85 Poland   80 Sweden   63 Czech Rep.   61 Slovakia   46 Finland   39 Romania 36 Lithuania 26 Slovenia 11 Bulgaria 9 Latvia 9 Hungary   7 Ireland   3 Cyprus   1 Malta   1 Estonia   0 Luxemburg   0 TOTAL 5,713 2007 production was increased by 16.8% compared to 2006. Subject to a +/- 5% margin of error.
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	2008 Production Capacity
	COUNTRY   '000 TONNES* Austria 485 Belgium 665 Bulgaria   215 Cyprus 6 Czech Republic 203 Denmark 140 Estonia 135 Finland* 170 France 1,980 Germany 5,302 Greece 565 Hungary 186 Ireland* 80 Italy* 1,566 Latvia 130 Lithuania 147 Luxemburg 0 Malta 8 The Netherlands   571 Poland 450 Portugal 406 Romania   111 Slovakia 206 Slovenia 67 Spain 1,267 Sweden 212 UK 726 TOTAL 16,000 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 2007 was over 5.7 million metric tonnes, an increase of 16.8% from the 2006 figures.