# US renewable diesel market faces shifting tides amid market uncertainty | S&P Global

> US renewable diesel output in January fell 6.3% year on year to about 215.66 million gallons, while exports rose 95% to 31.8 million gallons, mostly to the Netherlands. Used cooking oil imports rose 13.3%, and producers are scaling back or switching to fossil diesel amid tax credit changes and trade tensions.

- Date: 2025-03-14 · published 2025-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15139-us-renewable-diesel-market-faces-shifting-tides-amid-market-uncertainty-s-and-p
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Lower domestic renewable diesel output and weaker feedstock use reduce demand for soybean oil, which is bearish for oil and related feedstock prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2024-10-29 | [Canada's renewable diesel projects hit by US import surge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15180-canada-s-renewable-diesel-projects-hit-by-us-import-surge.md) | +5.8% | -2.0% |
| SBO | 2017-09-11 | [US biodiesel duties could hit grain market \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68828-us-biodiesel-duties-could-hit-grain-market-the-land-nsw.md) | -0.1% | -5.4% |
| SBO | 2024-04-26 | [Soaring Imports of Green Diesel Feedstocks Disrupt US Soy Market - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15221-soaring-imports-of-green-diesel-feedstocks-disrupt-us-soy-market-bloomberg.md) | -3.6% | +2.7% |
| SBO | 2019-05-24 | [MARKET WATCH: Oil prices tumble after US-China news \| Oil & Gas Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9796-market-watch-oil-prices-tumble-after-us-china-news-oil-and-gas-journal.md) | +3.0% | +6.2% |
| SBO | 2018-04-10 | [Biodiesel market: Another plant is throttling](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65613-biodiesel-market-another-plant-is-throttling.md) | -1.1% | -2.7% |

## Sources

- spglobal.com: https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/agriculture/031425-us-renewable-diesel-market-faces-shifting-tides-amid-market-uncertainty

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