Agriculture, Biofuel
October 15, 2025
Platts launches Ethanol T2 FOB Rotterdam High GHG Savings eWindow instruments
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has launched eWindow instruments for the Ethanol T2 FOB Rotterdam High GHG Savings Premium (AASNR00) and the Ethanol T2 FOB Rotterdam High GHG Savings (AGSSQ00) assessments, effective Oct. 15.
Participants in the Platts Market on Close assessment process can now submit bids and offers for Ethanol T2 FOB Rotterdam High GHG Savings for publication either directly through the eWindow communication tool or through an editor who will then publish the bids and offers using the software. Participants can submit bids and offers as a differential to the Platts Ethanol T2 FOB Rotterdam benchmark assessment (AAYDT00) or as an outright price in Eur /cu m. Bids and offers can be published in multiples of 1,000 mt, up to a maximum of 5,000 mt.
The new instruments appear on eWindow as follows:
Platts T2 Ethanol 9.4g Flat Price FOB Rdam
Platts T2 Ethanol 9.4g Premium FOB Rdam
Platts has established clearly defined timing and increment guidelines that apply when publishing bids and offers in the MOC process, in order to ensure an orderly and transparent price assessment process.
Participants can improve flat price bids and offers by a minimum of 25 euro cents and a maximum of 1 Euro per 20 seconds, or per one minute if done via an editor. Participants can improve bids and offers as a differential to Platts Ethanol T2 FOB Rotterdam by a minimum 25 euro cents and a maximum 50 euro cents per 20 seconds, or per one minute if done via an editor.
| Product | Outright or spreads | Environment | Vol min | Vol max | No more new bids/offers (Pricing state) | Repeatability | Min Price Increment | Max Price Increment |
| Ethanol | Outright | eWindow | 1000 | 3000 | 4.05.00.000 | Within 30 secs | 25 cents | 100 cents per 20 secs |
Ethanol | Outright | Manual | 1000 | 3000 | 4.00.00.000 | Within 60 secs | 25 cents | 100 cents per 60 secs |
| Ethanol premium | Spread | eWindow | 1000 | 3000 | 4.05.00.000 | Within 30 secs | 25 cents | 50 cents per 20 secs |
Ethanol premium | Spread | Manual | 1000 | 3000 | 4.00.00.000 | Within 60 secs | 25 cents | 50 cents per 60 secs |
Please refer to the Platts methodology and specifications guide on biofuels timing and increment guidelines here.
The assessments reflect a strip laycan of 3-15 days forward (Monday to Tuesday) or 5- 15 days forward (Wednesday to Friday). Furthermore, the Nabisy Proof of Sustainability (PoS) documentation is a standard requirement for all Ethanol T2 High GHG Savings FOB Rotterdam barge indications in the Platts MOC assessment process.
Platts launched the Ethanol T2 High GHG Savings assessment (AGSSQ00) on Oct. 6.
Please send any comments or feedback to mrts_biofuelsandfeedstocks@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com . For written comments, please indicate clearly if they 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.