# US Corn Producers Hope to Dismantle Ethanol Trade Barriers | CZ app

> US corn and ethanol groups, backed by 20 members of Congress, urged the Biden administration and USTR to remove trade barriers on ethanol and biofuels. The letter cites Brazil's 18% tariff on US ethanol and India's import ban on fuel-grade ethanol.

- Date: 2024-04-03 · published 2024-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30723-us-corn-producers-hope-to-dismantle-ethanol-trade-barriers-cz-app
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Removing barriers would open export markets for US ethanol and DDGS, potentially lifting corn demand, but no policy change has occurred yet.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-06-19 | [US corn ethanol producers to tap into overseas demand - Governors' Biofuels Coalition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70503-us-corn-ethanol-producers-to-tap-into-overseas-demand-governors-biofuels.md) | -5.4% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2024-06-05 | [Brazil could triple corn ethanol output, margins to stay healthy: Inpasa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29741-brazil-could-triple-corn-ethanol-output-margins-to-stay-healthy-inpasa.md) | +5.7% | -3.0% |
| CORN | 2020-10-13 | [Ethanol Recovers to a 'New Normal'](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50652-ethanol-recovers-to-a-new-normal.md) | +2.6% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2026-10-28 | [Indian distillers seek 9% corn ethanol price hike as feedstock costs surge \| World Ports Organization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/2890-indian-distillers-seek-9-corn-ethanol-price-hike-as-feedstock-costs-surge-world.md) | -0.5% | — |
| CORN | 2025-10-23 | [Corn ethanol set to overtake sugarcane’s long-standing dominance](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22397-corn-ethanol-set-to-overtake-sugarcane-s-long-standing-dominance.md) | +1.8% | +3.4% |

## Sources

- czapp.com: https://www.czapp.com/analyst-insights/us-corn-producers-hope-to-dismantle-ethanol-trade-barriers/

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