# U.S. floods global market with cheap ethanol

> U.S. ethanol prices have fallen nearly 20% over two years as production rose and demand weakened amid growth of electric vehicles. Washington is including ethanol in recent trade agreements with the U.K. and Japan to find export outlets for the surplus. The administration has also opened an investigation into Brazil's 18% tariff on ethanol imports from outside Mercosur.

- Date: 2025-08-08 · published 2025-08-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23311-u-s-floods-global-market-with-cheap-ethanol
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Surplus ethanol that tracks weak corn prices keeps downward pressure on corn demand and margins for U.S. ethanol plants, while trade-deal pushes could reshape export flows for feed co-products.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-07-02 | [Global Sales of U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Contract in May](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52106-global-sales-of-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-contract-in-may.md) | +0.9% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2020-05-07 | [March Sees Lower U.S. Ethanol Exports but Global Sales of U.S. DDGS Firm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53113-march-sees-lower-u-s-ethanol-exports-but-global-sales-of-u-s-ddgs-firm.md) | +0.2% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2021-01-28 | [Column: U.S. ethanol output slips as China rumored to be back in the market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49152-column-u-s-ethanol-output-slips-as-china-rumored-to-be-back-in-the-market.md) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2026-06-23 | [Falling Exports Weigh on Otherwise Steady US Ethanol Market \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18805-falling-exports-weigh-on-otherwise-steady-us-ethanol-market-cz-app.md) | -4.1% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2023-09-29 | [Ample supplies in Chinese corn market to weigh on global prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14817-ample-supplies-in-chinese-corn-market-to-weigh-on-global-prices.md) | +1.9% | +0.9% |

## Sources

- valorinternational.globo.com: https://valorinternational.globo.com/agribusiness/news/2025/08/08/us-floods-global-market-with-cheap-ethanol.ghtml

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