The U.S. Department of Commerce first finalized the orders in 2018, following a lengthy review. Per U.S. law, Commerce initiated a required five-year review in March 2022. Clean Fuels’ Fair Trade Coalition fully engaged in the process and filed substantive responses during the review. On March 29, 2023, Commerce concluded its review, finding that revocation of the antidumping and countervailing orders would likely lead to continuation  or recurrence of subsidies and dumping.

“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.”

Contact: Paul Winters, pwinters@cleanfuels.org, 202-737-8803

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Kurt Kovarik, NBB’s VP of Federal Affairs, said, “NBB’s Fair Trade Coalition and members are grateful that the Department of Commerce stood by U.S. biodiesel producers and made the right decisions to maintain fair trade conditions. NBB participated throughout the review to ensure the evidentiary record was current and complete. We are pleased that the court’s review supports the outcome of that process.”

In January 2018, following a lengthy investigation that found U.S. biodiesel producers were harmed by unfair trade practices, Commerce finalized antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) rates on Argentine biodiesel imports. In November 2018, Commerce granted Argentina’s request for a “changed circumstances” review, based on that government’s ongoing changes in its export tax regime. In July 2019, Commerce issued a preliminary decision that would have maintained the AD rates but virtually eliminated CVD rates for Argentina’s biodiesel producers. In May 2020, however, Commerce issued a final determination that maintained both the original CVD and AD rates.

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