Les biocarburants en Argentine : facteurs et enjeux de la production de biodiesel de soja

Biofuel production in Argentina: factors and challenges of soybean biodiesel

¹ Université de Toulouse – Le Mirail, Département de Géographie, Equipe de recherche « Dynamiques rurales », 31058 Toulouse cedex 09
² Conicet-CEUR (Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Regionales) et UNNOBA (Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires), Argentine

^* guibert@univ-tlse2.fr

Abstract

In 2006, Argentina has sanctioned a national law to regulate biofuel production and consumption. Since 2007, soybean actors started producing biodiesel for international market -especially to Europe- and the country quickly became the major biodiesel exporter. In 2010, around twenty processing units started supplying the domestic market. Diesel sold in Argentina contained 5% of biodiesel. The obligation to add 5% of biodiesel to diesel has passed to 7% and the goal is to increase this percentage. The State support and soybean biodiesel competitiveness have been important for biodiesel chain development but some doubts could appear about the kind of actors that could have the benefits.