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COCO-BIODIESEL manufacturer Chemrez Technologies Inc. said on Tuesday that it has started exporting its BioActiv premium coco-biodiesel to the European Union’s (EU) Germany. The shipments were of commercial quantities after several trial deliveries last year.

“BioActiv’s successful entry into the German market comes after several trial shipments to Rotterdam in The Netherlands, which is the entry port for oil shipments into [the EU],” said Dean Lao Jr. the company chief operating officer.

This development is an affirmation of the quality of coco-biodiesel that Chemrez produces, the type that even surpasses DIN-EN-14214 — which is the EU’s specification standards for biodiesel, according to the Chemrez official. BioActiv coco-biodiesel is a diesel replacement that is compliant with Euro3 fuel standards. Philippine diesel is only Euro1 compliant.

Lao said the shipments were made to ChemSynergy AG, Chemrez Tech’s exclusive marketing agent in Europe. ChemSynergy is a trading company specializing in oleochemicals, including biodiesel.

ChemSynergy supplies biodiesel to German fuel distributors and some oil companies for blending with petro-diesel. Fuel distributors generally supply fleet accounts.

Lao said ChemSynergy has reported that some fleet accounts in Germany even use 100-percent biodiesel as fuel for their vehicles, as biodiesel is tax-exempted Germany.

After the commercial shipments to Germany, Lao said the company is now planning to improve its distribution channels over there so that Chemrez can expand its European presence and eventually spread out to Italy, Spain, France and Belgium as these countries already have mandates for the use of biodiesel.

He said ChemSynergy is planning to lease storage tanks and other facilities in Rotterdam, where clients can draw their requirements almost immediately instead of waiting for shipments to come all the way from the Philippines.

BioActiv has distinguished itself, passing with flying colors over stringent quality tests in Germany and Japan. Other biodiesel products from Malaysia, Indonesia and even the Philippines have failed the same tests.

“One of the main strengths of BioActiv is its very low cold filter plug point, or its stability [in] cold weather. While the more popular palm oil-based biodiesel solidifies at 12 degrees Celsius, BioActiv has been shown to remain liquid at way below the freezing point of water with a cold filter plug point of -8 degrees Celsius,” Lao said.

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COCO-BIODIESEL manufacturer Chemrez Technologies Inc. said on Tuesday that it has started exporting its BioActiv premium coco-biodiesel to the European Union’s (EU) Germany. The shipments were of commercial quantities after several trial deliveries last year.

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