Statistics
Ethanol industry statistics:

Historic U.S. fuel Ethanol Production

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Year Millions of Gallons
1980 175
1981 215
1982 350
1983 375
1984 430
1985 610
1986 710
1987 830
1988 845
1989 870
1990 900
1991 950
1992 1,100
1993 1,200
1994 1,350
1995 1,400
1996 1,100
1997 1,300
1998 1,400
1999 1,470
2000 1,630
2001 1,770
2002 2,130
2003 2,800
2004 3,400
2005 3,904
2006 4,855
2007 6,500
2008 9,000
Ethanol Industry Overview

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Year January 1999 January 2000 January 2001 January 2002 January 2003 January 2004 January 2005 January 2006 January 2007 January 2008 January 2009
Total Ethanol Plants 50 54 56 61 68 72 81 95 110 139 170*
Ethanol Production Capacity

1701.7

mgy

1748.7

mgy

 1921.9 mgy 2347.3 mgy 2706.8 mgy 3100.8 mgy 3643.7 mgy 4336.4 mgy

5493.4

mgy

 7888.4 mgy 10,569.4**

Plants Under Construction/

Expanding

 5 6 5 13 11 15 16 31 76 61 24
Capacity Under Construction/Expanding 77 mgy 91.5 mgy 64.7 mgy 390.7 mgy 483 mgy 598 mgy 754 mgy 1778 mgy 5635.5 mgy 5536 mgy

2066

mgy
States with Ethanol Plants 17 17 18 19 20 19 18 20 21 21 26

* operating plants

** 12,475.4 mgy capacity including idled capacity

2009 Monthly U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production/Demand

Month
Production, b/d (1000s)
 Production (1000 barrels) Stocks (1000 barrels) Stocks: days in reserve Production (1000 gal) Imports (1000 gal)* Exports (1000 gal)^ Stocks change (1000 gal) Demand (1000 gal) Demand, b/d (1000s)
Jan 630 19545 14186 22.0 820890 15582 0 -1386 837858 644
feb 647 18120 15688 26.4 761040 2142 0 63084 700098 595
mar 640 19837 15652 24.3 833154 3276 0 -1512 837942 644
apr 641 19220 14845 22.1 807240 704 0 -33894 848148 673
may 669 20752 13999 19.6 871584 21168 0 -35552 928304 713
june 694 20822 13903 19.3 874524 29484 0 -4032 908040 721
july 728 22577 14294 19.1 948234 42420 0 16422 974232 748
aug 727 22552 15001 20.4 947184 38682 0 29694 956172 734
sep 725 21752 15688 22.0 913584 12899 0 28854 897629 712
oct 741 22956 15080 19.7 964152 8652 0 -25536 998340 767
nov 786 23592 15518 19.9 990864 11970 0 18336 984498 781
ave. 694 21066 14895   884768 17571     897387 703

2008 Monthly U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production/Demand

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Month
Production, b/d (1000s)
 Production (1000 barrels) Stocks (1000 barrels) Stocks: days in reserve Production (1000 gal) Imports (1000 gal)* Exports (1000 gal)^ Stocks change (1000 gal) Demand (1000 gal) Demand, b/d (1000s)
Jan 510 15818 10674 20.5 664356 20677 0 6930 678103 521
Feb 518 15025 10465 18.6 631050 21371 0 -8778 661199 562
Mar 561 17387 11391 20.1 730254 21498 0 38892 712860 566
Apr 562 16868 11539 19.3 708456 49378 0 6216 751,618 597
May 598 18543 12044 19.6 778806 44169 0 21210 801,765 616
Jun 585 17544 12304 19.4 736848 71828 0 10920 797756 633
Jul 614 19042 13186 20.8 799764 64334 0 37044 827054 635
Aug 647 20059 14882 22.5 842478 89788 0 71232 861034 661
Sep 640 19197 15994 23.2 806274 107535 0 46704 867105 688
Oct 647 20048 15192 22.0 842016 25043 0 -33684 900743 692
Nov 668 20054 15227 22.3 842268 20287 0 1470 861085 683
Dec 656 20342 14219 20.2 854364 19869 0 -42336 916569 704
 
Ave. 600.5 18327.3 13093.1
769744.5
46314.8 803074.3 629.8


2007 Monthly U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production/Demand
Month Production, b/d (1000s) Production (1000 barrels) Stocks (1000 barrels) Stocks: days in reserve Production (1000 gal) Imports (1000 gal)* Exports (1000 gal)^ Stocks change (1000 gal) Demand (1000 gal) Demand, b/d (1000s)
Jan 375 11621 8593 20.8 488082 44433 0 -6468 538983 414
Feb 386 10795 8749 21.0 453390 42824 0 6552 489662 416
Mar 384 11892 8529 20.6 499464 30398 0 -9240 539102 414
Apr 391 11716 8791 21.5 492072 35304 0 11004 516372 410
May 406 12573 8950 21.0 528066 34532 0 6678 555920 427
Jun 418 12553 9067 20.5 527226 36005 0 4914 558317 443
Jul 421 13051 9696 21.7 548142 59028 0 26418 580752 446
Aug 434 13458 10309 22.2 565236 66416 0 25746 605906 465
Sep 441 13222 11509 27.3 555324 26593 0 50400 531517 422
Oct 452 14018 11423 23.6 588756 37343 0 -3612 629711 484
Nov 479 14356 11194 22.5 602592 13374 0 -9618 625944 497
Dec 489 15161 10509 20.3 636762 8929 0 -28770 674461 518
             
Totals   154416 6485472 435179 6846647  
Ave. 423 12868 540456 36265 570554 446


2006 Monthly U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production/Demand
Month Production, b/d (1000s) Production (1000 barrels) Stocks (1000 barrels) Stocks: days in reserve Production (1000 gal) Imports (1000 gal)* Exports (1000 gal)^ Stocks change (1000 gal) Demand (1000 gal) Demand, b/d (1000s)
Jan 288 8942 6173 21.4 375564 2687 0 25620 352631 271
Feb 302 8452 7376 24.4 354984 25578 0 50526 330036 281
Mar 301 9338 8708 28.9 392196 28586 0 55944 364838 280
Apr 289 8656 9087 31.4 363552 32620 0 15918 380254 302
May 293 9093 7848 26.8 381906 20291 0 -52038 454235 349
Jun 318 9532 6731 21.2 400344 50812 0 -46914 498070 395
Jul 316 9804 7727 24.5 411768 98180 0 41832 468116 360
Aug 329 10185 9160 27.8 427770 133188 0 60186 500772 385
Sep 333 9992 9727 29.2 419664 82466 0 23815 478315 380
Oct 333 10308 9814 29.5 432936 79202 0 3654 580484 391
Nov 343 10279 9212 26.9 431718 64517 0 -25284 521519 414
Dec 356 11023 8747 24.6 462966 37561 0 -19530 520147 399
             
Totals 3801 115604 4855368 653304 5377417 4205
Ave. 317 9634 404614 54648 448118 350


b/d = barrels/day

*Source:  International Trade Commission

^Jim Jordan and Associates

U.S. Fuel Ethanol Industry Plants and Production Capacity
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U.S. Fuel Ethanol Demand
(Millions of Gallons)
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  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
U.S. Production 2,130 2,800 3,400 3,904 4,855 6,500 9,000
Imports 46 61 161 135.0 653.3 450 556
Exports n/a n/a n/a 7.99 n/a n/a n/a
Demand 2,085 2,900 3,530 4,048.9 5,377.4 6,846.6 9.636.9

Source:  RFA, International Trade Commission, Jim Jordan & Associates

2008 world fuel ethanol production

 

Country
Millions of Gallons
USA
9000.0
Brazil
6472.2
European Union
733.6
China
501.9
Canada
237.7
Other
128.4
Thailand
89.8
Colombia
79.29
India
66.0
Australia
26.4
Total
17,335.2

Source: RFA, F.O. Licht 2008 Estimates

2007 world fuel ethanol production

Country
Millions of Gallons
USA
6498.6
Brazil
5019.2
European Union
570.3
China
486.0
Canada
211.3
Thailand
79.2
Colombia
74.9
India
52.8
Central America
39.6
Australia
26.4
Turkey
15.8
Pakistan
9.2
Peru
7.9
Argentina
5.2
Paraguay
4.7
Total
13,101.7

Source: F.O. Licht
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U.S. Fuel Ethanol Imports by Country
(millions of gallons)
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Country
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Brazil 0 0 90.3 31.2 433.7 188.8  
Costa Rica 12 14.7 25.4 33.4 35.9 39.3  
El Salvador 4.5 6.9 5.7 23.7 38.5 73.3  
Jamaica 29 39.3 36.6 36.3 66.8 75.2  
Trinadad & Tobago 0 0 0 10.0 24.8 42.7  
Canada           5.4  
China           4.5  
Total 45.5 60.9 159.9 135.0 653.3 426.2 600.0*

Source: International Trade Commission

* estimated

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