# Federal Register
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      Biodiesel From the Republic of Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

> The US Department of Commerce preliminarily found countervailable subsidies for biodiesel producers and exporters from Indonesia, covering the 2016 investigation period. Interested parties may now comment on the preliminary determination.

- Date: 2017-08-28 · published 2017-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69314-federal-register-biodiesel-from-the-republic-of-indonesia-preliminary
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Duties on Indonesian biodiesel could redirect biodiesel trade flows and affect palm oil demand for US-bound biofuel. The preliminary nature means final duty rates are still pending.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-11-16 | [Federal Register
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      Biodiesel From the Republic of Indonesia: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67864-federal-register-biodiesel-from-the-republic-of-indonesia-final-affirmative.md) | -0.5% | -7.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-10-31 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Biodiesel From Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68331-federal-register-biodiesel-from-indonesia-preliminary-affirmative-determination.md) | +1.2% | -0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-10-24 | [The Chain: U.S. Biodiesel Indonesian Countervailing Duty Ruling May Impact Wilmar, Others - Chain Reaction Research](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68341-the-chain-u-s-biodiesel-indonesian-countervailing-duty-ruling-may-impact-wilmar.md) | +0.3% | -0.0% |
| 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% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-02-22 | [Indonesia to file US biodiesel duty case with WTO - Fri, February 23, 2018 - The Jakarta Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66371-indonesia-to-file-us-biodiesel-duty-case-with-wto-fri-february-23-2018-the.md) | +0.4% | -2.3% |
| SBO | 2017-10-31 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Biodiesel From Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68331-federal-register-biodiesel-from-indonesia-preliminary-affirmative-determination.md) | +0.1% | -2.0% |
| SBO | 2017-10-24 | [The Chain: U.S. Biodiesel Indonesian Countervailing Duty Ruling May Impact Wilmar, Others - Chain Reaction Research](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68341-the-chain-u-s-biodiesel-indonesian-countervailing-duty-ruling-may-impact-wilmar.md) | +0.1% | -2.0% |
| SBO | 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) | +1.2% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- federalregister.gov: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/28/2017-18167/biodiesel-from-the-republic-of-indonesia-preliminary-affirmative-countervailing-duty-determination

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