Supply and demand

Portugal produces only small amounts of biogasoline locally. To meet local market demand, biogasoline (including bioethanol and bio-ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE)) was imported from Spain, France and the Netherlands, with smaller amounts from the United Kingdom. The figure below indicates historical biogasoline consumption by road transport over recent years. In 2015, Portugal set a bioethanol target of 2.5%, which explains the 1066% increase in biogasoline consumption. In 2018, biogasoline consumption dropped by 85.9%, a decrease of 92.1% compared with 2017, caused by the absence of a specific bioethanol quota in Portugal. Quotas were established by the government in 2021, and these were reflected in the increase of bioethanol consumption in the country. It is expecte