Global biofuel production topped 81 billion liters in 2008, an increase of more than 36 percent over the previous year. This includes more than 66 billion liters of fuel ethanol and nearly 15 billion liters of biodiesel. However, growth in biofuel output is projected to slow significantly in 2009 to below 10 percent. Combined biofuel production has increased more than 350 percent since the start of the decade, and biofuels now make up some 1.67 percent of the total world liquid fuel supply, up 0.4 percentage points since 2007.

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