Ethanol industry statistics:

• Historic U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production
• Ethanol Industry Overview
• Monthly U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production/Demand
• U.S. Fuel Ethanol Industry Plants and Production Capacity
• U.S. Fuel Ethanol Demand
• Annual World Ethanol Production by Country
• U.S. Fuel Ethanol Imports by Country
• Ethanol Prices

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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

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Year	January 1999	January 2000	January 2001	January 2002	January 2003	January 2004	January 2005	January 2006	January 2007
Total Ethanol Plants	50	54	56	61	68	72	81	95	110
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
Plants Under Construction/ Expanding	5	6	5	13	11	15	16	31	76
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
Farmer Owned Plants	14	18	21	25	28	33	40	46	46
Farmer Owned Capacity	293.3 mgy	340.3 mgy	473 mgy	645.6 mgy	796.6 mgy	1041.1 mgy	1388.6 mgy	1677.1 mgy	1677.1 mgy
% of Total Cap Farmer	17%	19%	25%	28%	29%	34%	38%	39%	39%
Farmer Owned UC Plants/Expanding	5	3	3	10	8	12	10	4	4
Farmer Owned UC Capacity	77 mgy	60 mgy	60 mgy	335 mgy	318 mgy	447	450 mgy	187 mgy	187 mgy
% of Total UC Capacity	100%	66%	71%	86%	66%	75%	60%	11%	11%
States with Ethanol Plants	17	17	18	19	20	19	18	20	21

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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
Nov
Dec
Ave.	581.7	17720.3	12497.7		744254	54508.7			773166	608.8

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

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

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	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
U.S. Production	2,130	2,800	3,400	3,904	4,855	6,500
Imports	46	61	161	135.0	653.3	450
Exports	n/a	n/a	n/a	7.99	n/a	n/a
Stocks Change	-91	39	-31	-17.98	108.1
Demand	2,085	2,900	3,530	4,048.9	5,377.4

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

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

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Country	2004	2005	2006
Brazil	3,989	4,227	4,491
U.S.	3,535	4.264	4,855
China	964	1,004	1,017
India	462	449	502
France	219	240	251
Russia	198	198	171
South Africa	110	103	102
U.K.	106	92	74
Saudi Arabia	79	32	52
Spain	79	93	122
Thailand	74	79	93
Germany	71	114	202
Ukraine	66	65	71
Canada	61	61	153
Poland	53	58	66
Indonesia	44	45	45
Argentina	42	44	45
Italy	40	40	43
Australia	33	33	39
Japan	31	30	30
Pakistan	26	24	24
Sweden	26	29	30
Philippines	22	22	22
South Korea	22	17	16
Guatemala	17	17	21
Cuba	16	12	12
Ecuador	12	14	12
Mexico	9	12	13
Nicaragua	8	7	8
Mauritius	6	3	2
Zimbabwe	6	5	7
Kenya	3	4	5
Swaziland	3	3	5
Others	338	710	270
Total	10,770	12,150	13,489

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Country	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
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

Source: International Trade Commission

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We are often asked for information on current or historical ethanol prices at the wholesale level. As the national trade association for the U.S. fuel ethanol industry, the Renewable Fuels Association is not allowed to track or report pricing information for anti-competitive reasons.

Prices are negotiated between the buyer and seller and those prices are not publicly reported. For historical price data for benchmarking purposes, contact the following:

• OPIS
  www.opisnet.com
• Platts
  www.platts.com
• DTN
  www.dtnethanolcenter.com
• Jim Jordan & Associates
  www.jordan-associates.com
• Kingsman
  www.kingsman.com
• Argus Media, Inc.
  www.argusmediagroup.com

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Additional information:

• Ethanol and Gas Prices
  LECG, LLC
  May 2004
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• Over a Barrel: Why Aren't Oil Companies Using Ethanol to Lower Gasoline Prices
  Consumer Federation of America
  May 2005
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• 2004 Gasoline Price Increases:  An Analysis
  Innovation & Information Consultants, Inc.
  March, 2004
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