Europe has dominated the biodiesel industry to date with 90% of global production, but escalating demand is outpacing supply. In 2003, Germany, France, Austria, and Italy produced over two billion litres of biodiesel. In Germany, over 19,000 jobs have been generated growing the feedstock, processing the raw materials, and marketing the resulting biodiesel.

In the U.S., biodiesel production is now at record levels due to recent tax incentives. Approximately 20 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in 2004, compared to 200,000 gallons produced in 1999.  The processes and production of biodiesel from vegetable oil and animal fat feedstocks remain a strong growth market in the United States and Canada.

Currently, the U.S. and Canada biodiesel capacity is 200 million GPY (US gallons per year), or 700,000 MTPY (metric tons per year), and the Europeans are nearing 573 million GPY (2 million MTPY) of dedicated capacity.