Agriculture, Biofuel

March 21, 2025

Platts proposes to remove PME from the FAME-10 calculation from May 27

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, proposes to amend the methodology it uses to calculate the FAME-10 FOB ARA assessment to better reflect blendstock ratios in the market, effective May 27, 2025.

Platts proposes to remove the Palm Methyl Ester FOB Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp (AAXNY00) biodiesel assessment from the calculation of FAME-10 FOB ARA (AAWGH00) assessment due to limited use of PME in the European markets including for the blending of FAME-10.

Platts would therefore base the FAME-10 calculation on the following two paths based on economic viability:

  • 10% FAME and 90% RME (AAXNT00 and AAXNU00)
  • 15% SME and 85% RME (AAXNX00 and AAXNU00)

Please submit any feedback, comments, or questions about this proposal to mrts_biofuelsandfeedstocks@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com by April 11.

For written comments, please provide a clear indication if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing. Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.