TRA concludes US HVO biodiesel anti-subsidy investigation
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has issued a notice of its intent to make a final negative determination in its anti-subsidy investigation into US hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biodiesel, meaning that no countervailing measure will be imposed. Following consideration of comments on its November 2025 Statement of Essential Facts and additional publicly available information, the TRA concluded that the Blenders Tax Credit subsidy programme no longer provides subsidisation to US exporters, having effectively ended before 15 October 2025. The investigation, launched on 17 March 2025, covered the period from 1 January to 31 December 2024. In its interim findings, the TRA determined that UK producers of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters (FAME) biodiesel had suffered injury as a result of subsidised HVO imports from the US. The TRA will submit its final negative determination to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. Interested parties have until 9 April 2026 to submit further evidence.