Tianjin has extended the deadline for its biggest carbon producers to comply with the city's emissions trading program a second time, giving companies two more weeks to hand over permits to the government.
 

The delay is the latest in a string of hiccups as governments and company officials in seven regions running emissions programs gather experience in carbon trading, Beijing's favored approach for reducing greenhouse gases.
 

But the deadline has been extended to July 25, the Tianjin Climate Exchange announced, as the government needs more time to make final adjustments to permit allocations to companies whose 2013 emissions varied significantly from what had been expected.
 

Power and heat facilities were given 90 percent of their allocated lots last year. How much of the final 10 percent they will actually receive will be decided by their verified emission reports for 2013.

The permits will be issued next week, and could increase overall market supply.
 

Trading in the Tianjin market has increased slightly in recent weeks, but the total volume traded since the market began last December has only reached around 250,000 permits, of around 160 million permits that could be offered, indicating that demand is low.
 

The price rose to its highest level in March, when permits traded at 50 CNY (8.07 USD), but has since fallen to around half that.

Observers have proposed the government tightens the cap for 2014 to incentivise emission cuts, but the government has yet to announce how many permits will be handed out for this year.
 

Trading of 2014 permits will start on July 28, the Tianjin Climate Exchange said Thursday. 

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