# Biodiesel market: Another plant is throttling

> A west German biodiesel producer has cut production indefinitely to half of capacity. The company cites cheap biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia.

- Date: 2018-04-10 · published 2018-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65613-biodiesel-market-another-plant-is-throttling
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Cheap imports weigh on European biodiesel margins and reduce domestic rapeseed oil demand for biofuel use, which is bearish for vegetable oil feedstock. The effect is regional and limited in scale.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 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) | +2.4% | -2.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-04-17 | [Biodiesel Probe Moves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71378-biodiesel-probe-moves.md) | -0.8% | +3.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-07-25 | [EU plans to impose import duties on Indonesia biodiesel \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57980-eu-plans-to-impose-import-duties-on-indonesia-biodiesel-the-star.md) | +0.2% | +8.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-11-21 | [Biodiesel Producers in Indonesia Looking for New Export Markets \| Indonesia Investments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67865-biodiesel-producers-in-indonesia-looking-for-new-export-markets-indonesia.md) | +0.0% | -5.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-10-25 | [Indonesia to Challenge U.S Antidumping Duty on Biodiesel - The Insiders Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68339-indonesia-to-challenge-u-s-antidumping-duty-on-biodiesel-the-insiders-stories.md) | +0.3% | +0.1% |
| 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 | 2025-03-11 | [Soybean oil market struggling this week - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25670-soybean-oil-market-struggling-this-week-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.8% | +7.8% |
| SBO | 2025-03-14 | [US renewable diesel market faces shifting tides amid market uncertainty \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15139-us-renewable-diesel-market-faces-shifting-tides-amid-market-uncertainty-s-and-p.md) | +2.4% | +10.0% |

## Sources

- zmp.de: https://www.zmp.de/en/futures/oilseeds/news/press-review-biodiesel-market-another-plant-throttling-production-2018-04-10

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