Germany produced 3.7 million tonnes of biodiesel last year

Germany exported a total of just less than 1.7 million tonnes of rapeseed meal.
This was up about 26% on the same period a year earlier.
According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, this was the largest quantity exported in three years.
German rapeseed meal is primarily delivered to EU member states, which received round 1.5 million tonnes in the period stated.
The Netherlands imported the largest quantity at 755,000 tonnes, representing an increase of 24%.
Denmark, the second largest trading partner, raised its imports from Germany 7% to 184,000 tonnes.
Deliveries to Finland are noteworthy as they doubled from just under 91.000 tonnes during last year's period to 175,000 tonnes.
Spain and France also sourced more rapeseed meal from Germany. In contrast, deliveries to Sweden dropped 14% to 88,000 tonnes, according to information published by the German Federal Statistical Office.
Switzerland remained the most important recipient outside the European Community, boosting its imports just less than 23% to a record 85,000 tonnes.
The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e. V. (UFOP) has highlighted the significant amounts of rapeseed meal generated in the processing chain of rapeseed oil-based biodiesel.
The German biodiesel industry produced approximately 3.7 million tonnes of biodiesel in 2023, of which 52.3% was based on rapeseed oil.
Accordingly, approximately 1.92 million tonnes of rapeseed oil were used in biodiesel production, which in turn were obtained from approximately 4.8 million tonnes of rapeseed.