Biofuels

Executive Summary During the past 2 years, U.S. ethanol exports reached new volume and value records, fueled by growing global ethanol import demand and reduced competition from Brazil, the world’s second-largest ethanol exporter. Top ethanol...

Brazil has raised its mandatory anhydrous ethanol blend in gasoline to 32%, a temporary measure designed to reduce gasoline imports and absorb the country's growing ethanol surplus amid rapidly expanding corn ethanol production. The biodiesel blend...

Argentina’s fuel ethanol production is forecast to reach a record 1.35 billion liters in 2026, driven by record domestic consumption, additional corn-based production capacity, and a March 2026 regulation allowing fuel distributors to blend up to 15...

Japan ’s new biofuels policy will help promote a cleaner, more sustainable energy future and will expand U.S. ethanol producers’ producers’ access to the Japanese market.

Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley led a USDA trade mission to the Philippines, July 18-21. He was joined by representatives from 29 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations and 10 state departments of agriculture, working...

On the first-ever FAS trade mission to Brazil, 22 U.S. companies and farm groups made great headway to expand their agricultural exports and develop their business relationships in Recife and São Paulo. Over the course of five days, as a result of...