# Tax credit expiration prompts rethinking of RFS mandates - Governors' Biofuels Coalition

> The expiration of the $1-per-gallon federal biodiesel tax credit about nine months earlier has raised the effective price of biodiesel to blenders by roughly $1 per gallon. EPA is weighing lower 2019 biodiesel mandates partly because of this. The agency also cited possible US duties on imports from Indonesia and Argentina, with a decision due by December 29.

- Date: 2017-10-02 · published 2017-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68342-tax-credit-expiration-prompts-rethinking-of-rfs-mandates-governors-biofuels
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Higher effective biodiesel costs weigh on blending demand for soybean oil, which is a modest bearish factor. The pending import duty decision could also shift feedstock flows.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-09-28 | [EPA considers reductions to 2018, 2019 RVOs - Governors' Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68824-epa-considers-reductions-to-2018-2019-rvos-governors-biofuels-coalition.md) | -0.1% | +3.8% |
| SBO | 2017-09-27 | [EPA signals cut to U.S. biodiesel blending; soyoil prices drop - Governors' Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69027-epa-signals-cut-to-u-s-biodiesel-blending-soyoil-prices-drop-governors-biofuels.md) | -2.2% | +3.3% |
| SBO | 2024-10-28 | [Biofuel Producers Shutting Down Without 45Z Guidance - Governors' Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15174-biofuel-producers-shutting-down-without-45z-guidance-governors-biofuels.md) | +3.9% | +2.1% |
| SBO | 2025-05-29 | [US biofuel credits plunge on bean oil moves, bio exemption rumors](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24780-us-biofuel-credits-plunge-on-bean-oil-moves-bio-exemption-rumors.md) | -4.6% | +3.5% |
| SBO | 2017-05-09 | [Congress urged to extend biodiesel blenders’ tax credit - Biofuels International Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70874-congress-urged-to-extend-biodiesel-blenders-tax-credit-biofuels-international.md) | +0.9% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- governorsbiofuelscoalition.org: https://www.governorsbiofuelscoalition.org/tax-credit-expiration-prompts-rethinking-of-rfs-mandates/

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