# AgriCensus Report

> Argentina's incumbent President Mauricio Macri looks increasingly likely to lose the October presidential election after a primary setback, raising concern that high export taxes on grains and oilseeds could return. The peso fell up to 30% against the dollar on Monday, which makes the current flexible export tax formula less sustainable.

- Date: 2019-08-14 · published 2019-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57424-agricensus-report
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Expected reinstatement of fixed export taxes could push Argentine farmers to hold or sell differently, tightening export availability of soy products and corn and supporting world soymeal and soyoil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-07-29 | [Soybean meal needs reduced import tax](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46151-soybean-meal-needs-reduced-import-tax.md) | -0.7% | -1.2% |
| SBM | 2022-03-14 | [Government suspends soybean exports as prices rise \| Buenos Aires Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14047-government-suspends-soybean-exports-as-prices-rise-buenos-aires-times.md) | -1.7% | -4.7% |
| SBM | 2020-10-02 | [Soybeans Bounce as Argentina Suspends Export Registrations \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12139-soybeans-bounce-as-argentina-suspends-export-registrations-feed-and-grain.md) | +4.1% | +9.2% |
| SBM | 2023-07-28 | [India bans exports of de-oiled rice bran after white rice \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35131-india-bans-exports-of-de-oiled-rice-bran-after-white-rice-mint.md) | -2.3% | -8.1% |
| SBM | 2020-02-26 | [Soybeans bounce as Argentina suspends export registrations \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54444-soybeans-bounce-as-argentina-suspends-export-registrations-financial-post.md) | +6.0% | +15.9% |
| SOY | 2025-09-22 | [Argentina suspends agro-export taxes to scoop up dollars \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13831-argentina-suspends-agro-export-taxes-to-scoop-up-dollars-reuters.md) | -1.1% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2026-04-28 | [Iran war's boost to biofuels lifts US agriculture giants' earnings \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12290-iran-war-s-boost-to-biofuels-lifts-us-agriculture-giants-earnings-reuters.md) | +2.6% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2020-07-16 | [Tax incentive and infrastructure boost good for agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51970-tax-incentive-and-infrastructure-boost-good-for-agriculture.md) | +1.5% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- commodityconversations.com: https://commodityconversations.com/wordpress2/2019/08/14/agricensus-report-35/

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