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Around 20% of the world?s production of rendered animal fats and
greases are produced by the EU-25 countries (~ 3 million tonnes per
annum).
PDM Group: Nov 7, 2005
http://www.pdm-group.co.uk/news/2005_11_07.html
1.2 million tons
?The EU Commission exempted animal fats (requiring only that they
be completely filtered) from the ban in feeds. But despite a lack
of evidence that beef tallow can transmit the disease, France and
Germany have adopted their own restrictions. Yet if EU beef
production falls and no meat meal can be sold, rendering of
tallow may also decline sharply. Less tallow (current EU output
is about 1.2 million tons) may favor more imports of U.S. tallow
and substitutes such as palm stearin. The situation may also tip
import preferences to soybeans versus soybean meal, as the former
may better compensate for the loss of fat supplies in feed and
food applications. With vegetable oil prices so low, even direct
feeding of sunflowerseed may make more sense in Europe.?
OIL CROPS OUTLOO: December 2000
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/erssor/field/ocs-bb/2000/ocs1200.asc
?In 2004 approximately 700,000 tonnes of the European production of
tallow and animal fat was used as an alternative to fossil fuels.
A similar amount was used to produce soap or oleochemicals (organic chemicals)
The remainder was used in food products, petfood and animal feeds.
In 2005 it is estimated that approximately 200,000 tonnes will have
been used as a replacement for fossil fuel in the UK alone
75% of the tallow has been used for the generation of renewable
electricity and the rest as an energy source for the rendering and
slaughtering industries
This equates to a reduction in UK annual CO2 emissions of 600,000 tonnes?
PDM Group
http://www.pdm-group.co.uk/news/2005_11_07.html
?Tallow is the basis for the European oleochemical industry. The
availability of tallow in Europe has been seriously affected by BSE
legislation and will be further affected through the recently adopted
Animal By-Product Regulation restricting the qualities and therefore
quantities of tallow available in Europe. The situation would become
dramatic for the European oleochemical industry if the remaining
valuable tallow became a source for biodiesel production. The above
will lead to further reductions in the availability of raw materials
thereby causing additional price increases for oleochemicals
manufactured in the EC and a greater reliance on imported tropical
oils, further reducing
the viability of the European oleochemical industry who has to compete
with large imports of tropical oil derivatives from countries such as
Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia who impose levies on oil
exports thereby subsidising the exports of tropical oil derivatives
and causing a distortion of competition for the European oleochemical
industry.?
Conclusion
?It is unlikely that the oleochemical industry in the EC will be in a
position to resist the competition from the oleochemical industry
located in parts of the world where sourcing of raw materials does not
pose similar problems. APAG believes that measures should be taken to
minimise the negative impacts described above. APAG urges the
Commission to ensure that tallow remains available to the oleochemical
industry for the manufacture of cosmetics, pharmaceutical ingredients
and products such as biodegradable lubricants, performance additives
for the polymer industry, deinking chemicals and detergency APAG
recommends that the Commission considers the exclusion of tallow for
the manufacture of biodiesel which is a valuable indispensable raw
material for the oleochemical industry that should not be disposed of.
?
12 May 2003
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:LIBWuNOVavMJ:www.apag.org/issues/APAG%2520Proposals%2520level%2520playing%2520field%2520tallow_May12.pdf+europe+OR+european+tallow+production++million+tonnes+OR+tons+&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6
Commodity Research Bureau:
?World production of tallow and greases (edible and inedible) has
averaged over 8 million metric tons since 1993. The U.S. is by far the
world's largest producer of tallow and greases with about 43 percent
of the world total. The next largest producer was Australia with about
6 percent of the world output. Brazil had about 6 percent of global
tallow production. Other large producers include Canada, Argentina,
France, and South Korea. U.S. production of edible tallow in 2001 was
1.84 billion pounds, virtually the same production level as in the
year 2000. The general trend has been an increase in the production of
edible tallow. The total supply of edible tallow in 2001 was estimated
at 1.91 billion pounds. US production of inedible tallow and greases
in 2003 was 6.333 billion pounds, down from the 7.156 billion in 2002.
US exports of inedible tallow and grease in 2003 were 330 million
pounds, down from 384 million pounds in 2002. ?
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