The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) last week announced its findings after its five-year (“sunset”) review of antidumping and countervailing duty orders on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia and determined that revocation of them “would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.”

As a result, the existing orders on imports of this product from Argentina and Indonesia will remain in place. Clean Fuels Alliance America welcomed the final determination regarding the orders the U.S. Department of Commerce first finalized in 2018.

“Clean Fuels’ Fair Trade Coalition fought hard to protect domestic biodiesel producers from the potential resumption of unfair trade practices,” stated Kurt Kovarik, Vice President of Federal Affairs with Clean Fuels. “Our members have made significant investments to meet growing demand for better, cleaner fuels. We appreciate Commerce and the International Trade Commission carefully reviewing the information provided by the Fair Trade Coalition and preserving trade remedies that have been vitally important to our biodiesel industry.”

According to the law, the Commerce department initiated the required five-year review in March 2022 and Clean Fuels’ Fair Trade Coalition fully engaged in the process and filed substantive responses during the review.