EU Commission Proposes Duties on Bioethanol Imports

Seeking a 9.5% tax on all bioethanol coming from the United States


The European Commission has proposed an unusual country-wide duty on all U.S. producers of bioethanol after an investigation into complaints that exporters used state subsidies to sell the fuel to Europe at illegally low prices.

The European Union's executive body is seeking definitive anti-dumping duties of 9.5 percent on all bioethanol coming from the United States, according to the proposal document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

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