# Argentine biodiesel producers stuck between a rock and a hard place at home too  : The Daily Digest

> Argentine biodiesel producers are at an impasse with the government after a freeze on biodiesel prices while soybean oil prices kept rising. Producers have stopped supplying biodiesel for blending, so pump fuel lacks the mandated 10% blend.

- Date: 2020-01-20 · published 2020-01-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55173-argentine-biodiesel-producers-stuck-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-at-home-too
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Halted Argentine biodiesel output reduces domestic soy oil demand and could push more oil into export channels, while rising soy oil costs squeeze the sector.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2018-05-28 | [Argentina to raise biodiesel export tax to 15% as of July 1  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65105-argentina-to-raise-biodiesel-export-tax-to-15-as-of-july-1-the-daily-digest.md) | -1.3% | -7.7% |
| SBO | 2023-12-28 | [Renewable diesel plans unrealistic: analyst \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15250-renewable-diesel-plans-unrealistic-analyst-the-western-producer.md) | -0.8% | -2.9% |
| SBO | 2018-12-26 | [Indonesia to continue subsidizing biodiesel despite slashing palm oil export levy  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61470-indonesia-to-continue-subsidizing-biodiesel-despite-slashing-palm-oil-export.md) | +0.6% | +6.4% |
| SBO | 2019-02-05 | [European oilseed producers losers in EU - Argentina biodiesel settlement \| Bioenergy International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60680-european-oilseed-producers-losers-in-eu-argentina-biodiesel-settlement.md) | +0.4% | -1.3% |
| SBO | 2016-08-14 | [Prices for rapeseed, soybean and sunflower oil have converged: UFOP  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11871-prices-for-rapeseed-soybean-and-sunflower-oil-have-converged-ufop-the-daily.md) | +7.0% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- biofuelsdigest.com: https://biofuelsdigest.com/argentine-biodiesel-producers-stuck-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-at-home-too/

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