CORSIA MRV Readiness
Republic of Mozambique
Generated 2026-10-26 · All findings primary-sourced; gaps are stated, never inferred.
Stat block — CORSIA Central Registry
Chapter-3 participationNot a Chapter-3 participant
CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
2019 baselinePilot-phase 242,523 t · 85%-of-2019 206,144 t
CCR Part II, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
2024 emissionsSubject 0 t · Not subject 169,869 t · Total 169,869 t
CCR Part III, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
Verification bodynone as of this edition
CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
CEF claims (2024)0
CCR Part IV, 1st Edition (2025-10-01) — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer
Attributed operators(CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition, 2025-12-19 — not confirmed for the latest year (asterisked state))
| Operator | Method | Identifier | 2024 emissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) | Air Operator Certificate | MOZ 01 | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
| Mozambique Expresso (MEX) | Air Operator Certificate | MOZ 02 | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
| Solenta Aviation Moçambique, S.A. | Air Operator Certificate | MOZ 23 | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
- Mozambique's 2024 total (169,869 t) is the smallest of all 13 states, and the second-steepest decline since 2019 (−30.0%) — a small, shrinking, non-participating market.
- All three of Mozambique's attributed carriers have fully confidential Table 2 figures.
- Mozambique's 10th-Ed operator attribution is not confirmed for the latest year (asterisked state).
Annex 16 Vol IV — SARP-cited readiness checklist
| Requirement | SARP | Status | Evidence & source | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter-3 State-Pair participation decision notified to ICAO | 3.1.3 | not participating | Republic of Mozambique is not on the CORSIA Chapter-3 participation list — a sourced negative under ICAO "CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs", 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27); this is a policy decision, not a compliance failure. | — |
| Aeroplane-operator attribution submitted | 1.2.2, 1.2.7 | met | 3 operator(s) attributed to Republic of Mozambique under CORSIA 10th Edition (2025-12-19): Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM), Mozambique Expresso (MEX), Solenta Aviation Moçambique, S.A.. Not confirmed for the latest year (10th Ed asterisk). | — |
| Verification body accredited in-State | 1.3.7, 4.4.2.2 (ISO/IEC 17011:2017) | gap | No ICAO-accredited national CORSIA verification body as of CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19); operators must use a verification body accredited elsewhere. | See what the credit-stage record looks like → |
| State annual Emissions Report submitted to ICAO | 2.3.2.2 | met | Republic of Mozambique is marked "Reported" in both the 2019 (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition) and 2024 (CCR Part III, 4th Edition) reporting-status appendices. | — |
| 2019 baseline on record | 1.4.3 | met | 2019 baseline on record for Republic of Mozambique: pilot-phase 242,523 t, 85%-of-2019 baseline 206,144 t (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition, 2022-10-28). | — |
| CORSIA Eligible Fuel (CEF) claims recorded in the CCR | 2.3.3.3 | gap | Zero CEF claims recorded for Republic of Mozambique (CCR Part IV, 1st Edition, 2024 reporting year — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer). | Prepare transfer evidence for independent review → |
| Emissions Monitoring Plan (EMP) receipt & approval process | 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.3, 2.2.2.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Order-of-magnitude checks on Emissions & Cancellation Reports | 2.4.1.6, 4.4.1.6 (guidance: ETM Table 3-11, ~3h/operator) | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Offsetting-requirement calculation & operator notice | 3.2.1-3.2.6, 3.4.1-3.4.5 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Data-gap estimation backstop (CERT) | 2.5.2.1 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Error correction to reported emissions | 2.6.1-2.6.2 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Emissions-unit cancellation oversight | 4.3.2, 4.4.1.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Administrative-partnership option (delegation alternative) | 1.3.2-1.3.3 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
Value-chain gaps & solutions
Grounding: thin
Mozambique has no SAF policy, study or activity — SAF is absent from both its ICAO State Action Plan (2022) and provisional NDC 3.0. Its strongest, most de-riskable asset is a mature southern sugar/ethanol base (Xinavane, Maragra, Marromeu + an operating molasses-ethanol plant), so molasses-ATJ is the lead pathway. World-scale Rovuma gas (ENI Coral South live; Coral North FID Oct 2025; Total Area 1 restarting) makes gas-to-jet/PtL a high-upside but long-horizon option. The decisive risk is the Cabo Delgado insurgency, which suspended the $20bn Mozambique LNG project for 4.5 years and overhangs the gas-linked chain. Compounding: a history of collapsed biofuel mega-projects (ProCana, jatropha), an insolvent national carrier (LAM), no domestic refining, weak finance. Verdict: watch-and-position. Not CORSIA-in.
| Stage | Status | Missing roles |
|---|---|---|
| feedstock | readypresent | Molasses/ethanol aggregator dedicated to fuel offtake (molasses in deficit ~17,000 t), UCO/oilseed collection system (HEFA chain absent), Bagasse/agro-residue aggregator for gasification-FT/ATJ, National feedstock assessment (residue volumes unquantified) |
| conversion | open gapabsent | ATJ conversion plant — none exists; lead pathway has no converter, SAF producer / refiner of any kind, GTL / gas-to-jet plant — none announced despite world-scale gas, PtL / e-fuels plant (strategic option only) |
| blending | open gapabsent | Fuel marketer / into-plane supplier for SAF blending, Blending facility / infrastructure at airports, Petroleum sector (downstream) regulator, Fuel-quality / standards body for jet fuel, Operator of the 2009 ethanol/biodiesel blending mandate (under-delivered) |
| uplift flight | open gapabsent | SAF offtake / purchase agreement (no airline SAF demand; anchor offtaker in survival mode), Airport SAF supply / fuelling readiness programme |
| credit | open gapabsent | No operational CORSIA-eligible-fuel (SAF) uptake/crediting mechanism, No SAF sustainability certification scheme presence (RSB/ISCC), No book-and-claim / SAFc registry participation, No aviation-specific carbon-market mechanism |
Sustainability criteria referencewe produce it
The CORSIA sustainability themes relevant to a question.
Match a financierwe draft it
A shortlist of relevant funders/instruments for a project at this stage.
Find / aggregate a producerwe draft it
Candidate suppliers/aggregators and the missing links to reach refinery-gate volume.
Approval & Permitting Navigatorwe produce it
A SAF project approval-pathway map (site control → airport acceptance) + RACI + indicative docs.
Capital-Stack Matchmakerwe draft it
A layered financing stack by value-chain segment (instrument menu + stack template).
Price-Gap Calculatorwe draft it
The SAF cost-gap framework (four levers) + raw-gap arithmetic on user-supplied sourced figures.
Generate a chain-of-custody templatewe produce it
A CoC document scaffold aligned to ASTM D7566 + CORSIA traceability requirements.
Fuel-Spec & Airport-Acceptance workflowwe draft it
The D7566→D1655 transition + airport-acceptance checklist (docs, EI/JIG QC, storage, uplift).
Carbon-intensity lookupwe produce it
The ICAO default lifecycle CI for a feedstock/pathway — or an honest 'no default, escalate'.
CORSIA eligibility checkwe produce it
Pass / marginal / fail verdict against the ICAO ≥10% reduction criterion.
Draft a sustainability declarationwe draft it
A pre-filled, CADO-ready declaration draft handed to the existing form for finalization.
Sources
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part I: List of Verification Bodies Accredited in States, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part II: Total CO2 Emissions for 2019 Aggregated for all Aeroplane Operators on each State Pair, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part III: Total Annual CO2 Emissions and Information for Aeroplane Operators, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part IV: Information on CORSIA Eligible Fuels (CEF) Claimed, 1st Edition (2025-10-01)
- CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
- https://climate-laws.org/geographies/mozambique/policies/national-biofuels-policy-and-strategy
- https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-tongaat-hulett-to-invest-in-ethanol-production-aim-205927/
- https://jpt.spe.org/eni-inks-fid-on-coral-norte-flng-for-mozambique-area-4
- https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/jatropha-the-biofuel-that-bombed-seeks-a-path-to-redemption/
- https://issafrica.org/iss-today/terrorism-takes-its-toll-on-mozambique-s-gas-revenue
- https://aimnews.org/2025/06/12/lam-financial-crisis-endangers-mozambique-airports/
- ICAO State Action Plan Mozambique (2022)
- https://www.tongaat.com/our-business/sugar/mozambique/
- https://aimnews.org/2025/02/05/government-sells-91-per-cent-of-state-shares-in-lam/
- https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2025/10/pr-eni-announces-final-investment-decision-mozambique-coral-north-project.html
- https://totalenergies.com/news/press-releases/mozambique-lng-announces-full-restart-all-its-activities-onshore-and-offshore
- https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/mozambique-biofuels-blending-mandate
Republic of Mozambique · advisory readiness summary built from public, dated ICAO sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification. Advisory readiness summary built from public, dated sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification.