Platts launches weekly FOLicht Industrial 99 spot ethanol assessment in Central Europe

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has launched an Industrial 99 Grade DAP Central Europe spot assessment effective Oct. 13, 2025, as part of the FOLicht European non-fuel ethanol prices.

On Sept. 1, Platts took ownership and launched 23 FOLicht weekly spot and contract European ethanol assessments. Platts began publishing these assessments as part of the migration of these prices from Commodity Insights' biofuel research and analytics coverage.

The decision to launch the assessment was first communicated Sept. 16, via a note available here.

Details of the Industrial 99 Grade DAP Central Europe spot assessment are as follows:

The assessment reflects a quality specification of industrial-grade ethanol with 99% alcohol by volume.

Delivered at Place, or DAP, spot assessments reflect delivery over a 30-day period starting one week forward from the day of publication.

The assessment reflects a volume size of one to two trucks. Other volumes may be considered and normalized to the assessment specification.

The assessment will be published at 4:30 pm London time on Mondays and follows the UK holiday calendar. If Monday is a non-publishing day, then the assessment will be published on the previous working day.

The assessment will be published in the Platts Weekly Ethanol report and Platts Biofuels Alert, and will continue to be published in the World Ethanol Price report.

Platts invites all questions and feedback to MRTS_biofuelsandfeedstocks@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

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Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.