> The reporting on this issue has been sparse, but here's a piece I dug
> up in the original reports that may be of interest (I tracked this
> down after allusions in other discussions to the fact that the dispute
> was taken directly to China's central government)...

> "Gushan expressed its view to the State Administration of Taxation of
> Fujian Province ("Fujian SAT") that its biodiesel, which is produced
> from used cooking oil, vegetable oil offal and jatropha oil, should
> not be subject to such consumption tax. Gushan was subsequently
> informed that Fujian SAT and the Fujian Municipal Finance Bureau
> jointly issued a written proposal to the PRC State Administration of
> Taxation ("PRC SAT") requesting that biodiesel products without
> petroleum-based diesel content be specifically excluded from paying
> consumption tax. As of the date of this announcement, the PRC SAT has
> not yet replied to this proposal."

> I wasn't aware that even the local taxing authority was in favor of
> the exemption.  That's hopeful news - I had been under the impression
> that Gushan and the Fujian province government were squaring off over
> this.