Alon USA Energy (ALJ) 10-K 2016 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. §1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO §906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Alon USA Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for the period ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer's knowledge:

1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

Date:	February 27, 2017	By:	/s/ Alan Moret
			Alan Moret
			Interim Chief Executive Officer
Date:	February 27, 2017	By:	/s/ Shai Even
			Shai Even
			Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer