马来西亚2021年生物柴油出口将降至四年低点

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原标题：马来西亚2021年生物柴油出口将降至四年低点

    中国石化新闻网讯 据烃加工网站3月23日报道 马来西亚生物柴油协会（MBA）表示，由于欧盟限制和冠状病毒大流行，马来西亚棕榈(8044, 10.00, 0.12%)基生物柴油的出口今年可能降至2017年以来的最低水平。

    MBA总裁U.R. Unnithan在棕榈油和月桂酸油价格展望会议上表示，马来西亚的出口量预计将从2020年的37.8582万吨降至35万吨。

    欧盟占马来西亚和印度尼西亚棕榈甲酯（PME）出口的近80%，PME是来自棕榈油的生物柴油的生物成分。

    然而，自2019年欧盟出于对森林砍伐的担忧，将棕榈油用作运输燃料的使用限制在2019年的水平以来，出口已经放缓，目标是到2030年逐步停止棕榈油的使用。

    Unnithan在会议上表示：“由于欧盟授权的RED II法案，马来西亚生物柴油出口不太可能达到2019年的最佳表现。”

    MBA估计，欧盟2019年棕榈生物燃料的总消费量为620万吨。今年的实际出口将以低得多的水平开始，因为欧盟成员国推动的无棕榈生物燃料议程可以设定一个较低的限制。

    Unnithan表示，一些成员国还将在2030年最后期限前逐步淘汰棕榈生物柴油。

    由于欧盟规则的影响、棕榈油和天然气的原油扩散以及冠状病毒遏制措施导致的车辆使用量减少，今年的出口将是四年来最低。

    由于原油价格下跌，近期棕榈油价格上涨，周二食用油价格比天然气价格高出455美元，对生物柴油原料的吸引力降低。

    原油价格下跌，因担心新的新冠疫情控制措施和欧洲缓慢的疫苗推广将阻碍燃料需求的复苏，去年由于全球封锁以遏制COVID-19疫情，燃料需求崩溃。

    王磊 摘译自 烃加工

    原文如下：

    Malaysia's biodiesel exports in 2021 seen falling to four-year low

    Malaysia's exports of palm-based biodiesel are likely to fall this year to their lowest since 2017 due to European Union restrictions and the coronavirus pandemic, the Malaysian Biodiesel Association (MBA) said.

    Exports from Malaysia are estimated to fall to 350,000 tons from 378,582 tons in 2020, MBA president U.R. Unnithan said at the Virtual Palm and Lauric Oils Price Outlook Conference.

    The European Union accounts for nearly 80% of Malaysia and Indonesia's exports of palm methyl ester (PME), the bio component of biodiesel that comes from palm oil.

    Exports, however, have slowed since the bloc in 2019 moved to cap the use of palm oil for transport fuel at 2019 levels due to deforestation concerns, with an aim to phase out its use by 2030.

    "(Malaysia's) biodiesel exports are unlikely to best the performance seen in 2019 due to the EU Delegated RED II Act," Unnithan told the conference.

    MBA estimates the EU's total consumption of palm biofuel in 2019 was 6.2 million tons. It said that actual exports this year will start at much lower levels because EU member states pushing for a no palm-biofuel agenda can set a lower limit.

    Some member states will also phase out palm biodiesel before the 2030 deadline, Unnithan said.

    Exports this year will be the lowest in four years due to the impact of the EU rule, a rising crude palm oil-gas oil spread and reduced usage of vehicles due to coronavirus containment measures, he added.

    A recent rally in palm oil prices amid lower crude prices pushed the edible oil to trade $455 above gas oil on Tuesday, making it a less attractive option for biodiesel feedstock.

    Crude prices have declined on concerns that new pandemic curbs and slow vaccine rollouts in Europe will hold back a recovery in fuel demand, which collapsed last year as a result of global lockdowns to curb COVID-19 outbreak.