The Biofuels Regional Employment Chamber of Business (CEPREB) They warned that Recent biodiesel and bioethanol price increases authorized by the national government are not enough and warned SMEs that elaborate and market these producer for the domestic market are at the “edge of paralysis”.
According to the Resolution 29/2025 of the Ministry of Energy of the Nation Published on Wednesday in the Official Gazette, the Bioethanol produced from cane of sugar It will have a minimum acquisition price of $ 717,880 per literwhile the corn -derived bioethanol He noticed $ 657,962 per liter. This biofuel represents 12% in the mixture with gasoline. In addition, the payment for the purchase of Bioethanol It must be carried out within a maximum period of 30 calendar days.
He Biodiesel prepared from soybean oil had An increase of 2% last January 8 with resolution 2/25with a minimum acquisition price of in $ 1,085,887 by ton, for a mandatory percentage of mixing 5 % with diesel. In this case, the payment period may not exceed 7 days from the date of issuance of the invoice.
Biodiesel: how were the latest price increases
- September 2024: $ 984,865 per ton (Resolution 266/24, September 18)
- October 2024: $ 1,004,592 per ton (resolution 2/24, of October 28)
- November 2024 (rise of 3.9%): $ 1,023,649 per ton (resolution 16/2024, November 4).
- December (rises from 2%): $ 1,064,595 per ton (resolution 393/2024, of December 2)
- January 2025 (2%rise): $ 1,085,887 per ton (resolution 2/2025, of January 9)
Bioethanol made based on corn: last price increases
- October 2024: $ 614,596 per liter (Resolution 3/2024, of October 28)
- November 2024 (rise of 1.9%): $ 626,273 per liter (Resolution 17/2024, of October 31)
- December 2024 (2%rise): $ 645,061 per liter (Resolution 392/2024, of December 2)
- February 2024 (2%rise): $ 657,962 per liter (Resolution 29/25, of February 6)
Bioethanol made from sugarcane: last price increases
- October 2024: $ 670,564 per liter (Resolution 3/2024, of October 28)
- November 2024 (rise of 1.9%): $ 683,305 per liter (Resolution 17/2024, of October 31)
- December 2024 (2%rise): $ 703,804 per liter (Resolution 392/2024, of December 2)
- February 2024 (2%rise): $ 717,880 per liter (Resolution 29/25, of February 6)
Biofuel producers complaints: how much prices should upload
Given these price increases, Cepreb denounced a “flagrant violation of the Biofuel Law” and the resolutions that regulate it. “(The Secretariat) He publishes a price arbitrarily that this below production costs, which puts thousands of jobs at risk and generates legal insecurity for those who invested and invest under rules of the game that are not respected by the State itself “they held in a statement to which he accessed Energy Report.
According to the producers, the Resolution 963/2023 establishes a polynomial formula to establish in “transparent and objective way” the price of biodiesel, which they alerted, It should be around $ 1,225,000 per ton and not at $ 1,085,00012.9% more than established.
“This situation has recently aggravated by the decline in retentions that had as a counterpart the rise of soybean oil, Input for the manufacture of biodiesel that explains 80% of the cost, while YPF has unfairly increased methanol (another key input for biodiesel manufacturing), “they said from the camera.
How much should biodiesel
The biodiesel had a rise of 17.8% from January 2024 to the present. But according to CaPreb, in that same period the Diesel Grade 3 increased 51%, the Diesel Grade 2 58%and the soybean oil increased 37%. On the other hand, labor increased 113% and the rest of the costs increased 41%, according to official INDEC data.
“The numbers are clear and speak for themselves and If this situation is maintainedwhich will negatively impact regional economies, already very close by the field crisis, “they stressed.
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Photo: Biodisel
The statement carried by the signing of the president of Cepreb, Federico Martelli, urge the Ministry of Energy, María del Carmen Tettamantiand the authorities of the Ministry of Economy to convene a meeting with representatives of the biofuel sector to unlock the situation of “paralysis.”
“The Biodiesel SME industry directly uses around 2,000 workers and indirectly generates another 8,000Motorize the development of rural peoples and communities, generates value in origin, contributes to the care of the environment and produces 7.5% of diesel that we consume the Argentines, which should otherwise be imported, “they concluded.
Source: Ambito
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