"What could be more obvious? It would keep factories open and it would produce jobs," he adds. St James confirms that $680m worth of biodiesel was imported last year, largely from Venezuela, paid for with money that could have gone to Argentines. Still, Bakovich insists: "We do not subsidise exports."
Industry over a barrel
Argentina's burgeoning biodiesel-export industry has been hit hard by the economic crisis, but producers are aggressively looking at ways to re-ignite sales, seeking out new regional and domestic markets.
26 March 2009 23:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 9:02 GMT
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