BASF is planning to construct a production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in South America. The plant, which will have a capacity of 60 000 metric tons per year, will be the first such plant for this product in South America and is primarily intended to supply the regional market. Sodium methylate is an efficient catalyst for the production of biodiesel. Legislation planned in Brazil will require fuel to contain 3 % biodiesel by 2013, and this figure is set to rise to 5 %. Argentina has mandated that biodiesel makes up 5 % of fuel by 2010. Other South American countries have similar plans.
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