# Stop Promoting Imported Feedstocks | Illinois Soybean Association

> The Illinois Soybean Association opposes the 45Z clean fuel tax credit, arguing its carbon-intensity scoring gives larger credits to imported feedstocks from Brazil, China and Southeast Asia. It says this favors imports over domestic soybean oil in biofuels.

- Date: 2025-03-24 · published 2025-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15138-stop-promoting-imported-feedstocks-illinois-soybean-association
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Shifting biofuel feedstock demand toward imports reduces US soybean oil use, which pressures soybean oil and soybean prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2024-12-01 | [U.S. Soybean Oil Market Threatened by Imported Feedstocks \| Illinois Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15160-u-s-soybean-oil-market-threatened-by-imported-feedstocks-illinois-soybean.md) | -0.6% | -1.5% |
| SBO | 2019-08-12 | [More Waivers, More Woes for Struggling Soy Markets - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57451-more-waivers-more-woes-for-struggling-soy-markets-american-soybean-association.md) | -1.3% | -4.2% |
| SBO | 2024-09-06 | [Advocating for Soy Biomass-Based Diesel in California - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15183-advocating-for-soy-biomass-based-diesel-in-california-american-soybean.md) | -2.7% | +1.0% |
| SBO | 2017-10-05 | [EPA Action Would Break President’s Promises on Protecting the RFS - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68340-epa-action-would-break-president-s-promises-on-protecting-the-rfs-american.md) | -0.2% | +5.8% |
| SBO | 2019-12-19 | [EPA Issues Final 2020-21 RFS Rule - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55451-epa-issues-final-2020-21-rfs-rule-american-soybean-association.md) | +2.8% | -0.2% |
| SOY | 2019-08-12 | [More Waivers, More Woes for Struggling Soy Markets - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57451-more-waivers-more-woes-for-struggling-soy-markets-american-soybean-association.md) | -0.7% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2024-09-06 | [Advocating for Soy Biomass-Based Diesel in California - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15183-advocating-for-soy-biomass-based-diesel-in-california-american-soybean.md) | -1.7% | +3.7% |
| SOY | 2019-07-08 | [EPA’s Proposed Biofuels Volumes a Big Miss for Soybean Farmers - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57956-epa-s-proposed-biofuels-volumes-a-big-miss-for-soybean-farmers-american-soybean.md) | +4.0% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- ilsoy.org: https://www.ilsoy.org/stop-promoting-imported-feedstocks/

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