Japan: Japan Biomass Annual 2023

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   JA2023-0071

Japan has been dramatically increasing its wood pellet imports for its feed-in tariff (FIT) program, as more large-scale FIT-approved biomass power plants become operational. Palm kernel shell imports may slow down in the coming years, as Japan begins to enforce sustainability certification requirements from April 2024.

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