# Argentina: New plan to reduce the export tax on soybean - Global Trade Alert

> Argentina's government announced a plan to gradually reduce the export tax on soybeans over 2018 and 2019. Decree 1343/2016, published in the Argentine Gazette on January 2, 2017, approved the creation of the measure through the Ministry of Agroindustry.

- Date: 2016-12-30 · published 2016-12-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73319-argentina-new-plan-to-reduce-the-export-tax-on-soybean-global-trade-alert
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Lower export taxes make Argentine soybean and meal more competitive abroad, which can shift export share away from rivals and weigh on world soy complex prices over the medium term.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SBO: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2018-01-22 | [Export Tax Relief Aids Argentina’s Soybean Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66849-export-tax-relief-aids-argentina-s-soybean-trade.md) | +0.8% | +4.5% |
| SOY | 2026-06-02 | [Argentina to Gradually Reduce Export Taxes on Ag Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13794-argentina-to-gradually-reduce-export-taxes-on-ag-products.md) | -5.5% | -5.4% |
| SOY | 2020-10-05 | [Argentina: Changes to the export tax applicable to soy and its derivatives (October 2020) - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50482-argentina-changes-to-the-export-tax-applicable-to-soy-and-its-derivatives.md) | +4.4% | +3.5% |
| SOY | 2025-07-30 | [Argentina to resume soybean exports after official tax cut – CIARA-CEC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13845-argentina-to-resume-soybean-exports-after-official-tax-cut-ciara-cec.md) | -1.3% | +4.8% |
| SOY | 2018-06-04 | [Argentina: Argentina’s Delay of Soybean Export Tax Reduction Unlikely \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64370-argentina-argentina-s-delay-of-soybean-export-tax-reduction-unlikely-usda.md) | -5.1% | -15.9% |
| SBM | 2018-01-22 | [Export Tax Relief Aids Argentina’s Soybean Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66849-export-tax-relief-aids-argentina-s-soybean-trade.md) | +1.2% | +12.6% |
| SBM | 2026-06-02 | [Argentina to Gradually Reduce Export Taxes on Ag Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13794-argentina-to-gradually-reduce-export-taxes-on-ag-products.md) | -8.7% | -9.3% |
| SBM | 2020-10-05 | [Argentina: Changes to the export tax applicable to soy and its derivatives (October 2020) - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50482-argentina-changes-to-the-export-tax-applicable-to-soy-and-its-derivatives.md) | +3.9% | +8.4% |

## Sources

- globaltradealert.org: https://globaltradealert.org/state-act/27284-argentina-new-plan-to-reduce-the-export-tax-on-soybean/

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