The ICIS Biodiesel Report is a global report published weekly for Europe, South America, North America and Asia
- The report includes price quotes for rapeseed methyl ester (RME), soy methyl ester (SME), fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and palm methyl ester (PME)
- The spot price assessments are based on FOB NWE, FOB Rotterdam, CIF ARA (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp) T2, FOB Rosario, FOB Midwest, FD Midwest, FOB USG and FOB SE Asia
- In addition, it provides key transaction summaries and production news, including plant operating rates, new plant capacities, start-ups, scheduled and unplanned shutdowns
- Contract prices of feedstocks such as vegetable oil, ICE gasoil and crude glycerine are also included for reference
- In Europe RME 14214 and RME Renewable Energy Directive (RED) are quoted for spot on a FOB NWE basis
- Quotes for SME include spot CIF ARA T2, FOB Rosario export and B100 FOB Midwest and USG
- Quotes for FAME cold filter plugging point (CFPP) levels 0, -5 and -10 as well as FAME Renweable Energy Directive (RED) are all quoted on a FOB Rotterdam basis
- All the price assessments are generated based on information collected from producers, distributors, traders and end-users, among other sources, collected by locally based editors throughout the week