The government has notified additional policy conditions for the export of second-generation ethanol, which is produced from materials such as bagasse, wood waste, and industrial waste. Under these conditions, the biofuel can be exported for fuel purposes, as it was previously allowed for non-fuel purposes.
It said export of second generation ethanol, which is produced through cellulosic material such as bagasse, wood waste, lignocellulosic feedstocks — agricultural and forestry residues such as rice and wheat straw, corn — and non-food crops like grasses, algae and having low carbon-dioxide emissions or high GHG (greenhouse gas) reduction, and which do not compete with food crops for land use. It “is permitted for fuel and non-fuel purposes”, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification on Wednesday.
