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A cargo of 3,6 million liters of biodiesel is on its way to the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The cargo was produced at JBS plants, located in Lins, in the interior of São Paulo, and the shipment took place at the port of Paranaguá (PR).

The last large export of biodiesel had been registered in December 2015, when around 11,3 million liters of biodiesel left the country, also heading to the Netherlands. After that, only small exports were made, mainly to the United States and Israel.

The deal was closed by ECB Brasil, a fuel trading division belonging to the ECB Group – the holding company that brings together the businesses of Brazilian businessman Erasmo Carlos Battistella, founder and president of BSBios. BSBios was the first Brazilian manufacturer to export biodiesel in mid-2013.

However, the exported biodiesel was not manufactured by BSBios, but by the JBS unit in Lins (SP). The plant has had ISCC environmental certification since March 2013

Currently, JBS is the only Brazilian company in the sector with product export certification for the European market.

According to ECB Brasil's Commercial Manager, Manfred Wefers, the exchange rate facilitated the business. “The exchange rate issue, as well as the opportunity to supply one of our European customers, provided an interesting price window for the biofuel,” stressed the executive.