Biofuels • HS 1518 • EU Imports

Biofuel Feedstock Imports

EU imports of HS 1518 — processed animal and vegetable fats and oils — used as a proxy for UCO and biodiesel feedstock availability. Data sourced from UN Comtrade, monthly, reporter: EU aggregate (code 97).

Updated 17 Jul 2026

Data typically lags 2–3 months behind the current date.

latest month: 2026-04months: 57source: UN Comtrade

Total EU import value

Monthly, USD

Total EU import volume

Monthly, kg

Unit value

Monthly, USD per kg

Partner mix

Indonesia and Malaysia dominate ASEAN-6 supply, together accounting for the majority of EU feedstock imports in this category. China has emerged as a growing source, while Japan remains a minor but consistent supplier.

Share of import value (%), monthly. ASEAN-6 shown as dashed aggregate.

Data note

HS 1518 covers processed animal and vegetable fats and oils not elsewhere specified, including used cooking oil (UCO) derivatives. It is used here as a proxy for biodiesel feedstock trade flows into the EU. US and rest-of-world partners returned no data for this commodity code against EU reporter 97.

Source and method
  1. [1] United Nations Comtrade, EU imports of HS 1518 (processed animal or vegetable fats and oils), monthly, fetched at build time.

Measured trade statistics, frozen at the build-time snapshot. HS 1518 is a feedstock PROXY: the heading covers chemically modified fats and oils used mainly as biodiesel feedstock, so partner shares read as feedstock-supply signals, not as certified biofuel volumes. Partner dominance statements on this page are computed from these records.