# Clean Fuel Production Credit excludes producers from using used cooking oil  - Indiana Corn and Soy

> Treasury issued interim guidance on the Clean Fuel Production Credit (45Z) on January 11, allowing biofuel producers to claim the credit immediately. Imported used cooking oil is excluded from the 45ZCF-GREET model and can only qualify through the CORSIA model for sustainable aviation fuel.

- Date: 2025-01-16 · published 2025-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26610-clean-fuel-production-credit-excludes-producers-from-using-used-cooking-oil
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Excluding imported used cooking oil shifts feedstock demand toward domestic soybean oil and canola oil, which supports soybean oil prices, though rulemaking is still pending.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2025-07-16 | [US vegetable oil market: 45Z clean fuel production credit](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15105-us-vegetable-oil-market-45z-clean-fuel-production-credit.md) | +1.9% | +0.1% |
| SBO | 2026-10-27 | [Growing US biofuel production intensifies competition for soybean oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17179-growing-us-biofuel-production-intensifies-competition-for-soybean-oil.md) | -0.5% | — |
| SBO | 2022-11-30 | [Surging US Biofuel Production Stokes Soybean Crush Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15357-surging-us-biofuel-production-stokes-soybean-crush-demand.md) | -9.9% | -11.4% |
| SBO | 2020-07-09 | [Growing US biofuel production intensifies competition for soybean oil \| Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52199-growing-us-biofuel-production-intensifies-competition-for-soybean-oil-ukrainian.md) | +1.2% | +11.4% |
| SBO | 2022-03-25 | [Soybean oil demand will expand as renewable diesel emerges as ideal biofuel - Indiana Corn and Soy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15407-soybean-oil-demand-will-expand-as-renewable-diesel-emerges-as-ideal-biofuel.md) | -2.1% | +274.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-07-16 | [US vegetable oil market: 45Z clean fuel production credit](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15105-us-vegetable-oil-market-45z-clean-fuel-production-credit.md) | +1.4% | +5.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-11-27 | [Soybean oil prices fall 4% amid possible reduction in demand from the biodiesel industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33251-soybean-oil-prices-fall-4-amid-possible-reduction-in-demand-from-the-biodiesel.md) | +1.0% | -2.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-25 | [Crude palm oil excluded from Indonesia export ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41968-crude-palm-oil-excluded-from-indonesia-export-ban.md) | +1.2% | -1.7% |

## Sources

- incornandsoy.org: https://incornandsoy.org/clean-fuel-production-credit-excludes-producers-from-using-used-cooking-oil/

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