# Market Focus: Increased Market Potential In Europe, Middle East, Africa Region - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

> The U.S. Grains Council described growing ethanol demand in Europe, where higher-priced gasoline widens the spread to E5, E10 and E85 blends. The region took 16% of US ethanol exports in the 2021/22 marketing year, about 196 million gallons.

- Date: 2022-06-09 · published 2022-06-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40935-market-focus-increased-market-potential-in-europe-middle-east-africa-region-u-s
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Rising European ethanol demand supports US ethanol export flows, which can add to ethanol plant output and indirectly affect DDGS supply. The effect on feed commodity prices is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-07-02 | [USMCA Enters Into Force, Paves Way For Improved Agricultural Market Access - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52083-usmca-enters-into-force-paves-way-for-improved-agricultural-market-access-u-s.md) | +0.9% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2021-02-23 | [Sustained Marketing Efforts Create A Robust, Growing Export Market For U.S. DDGS - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48632-sustained-marketing-efforts-create-a-robust-growing-export-market-for-u-s-ddgs.md) | -0.5% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2024-05-30 | [Market Perspectives - May 30, 2024 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13183-market-perspectives-may-30-2024-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | -4.0% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2021-03-18 | [Market Perspectives – March 18, 2021 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5672-market-perspectives-march-18-2021-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | +10.8% | +13.2% |
| CORN | 2017-03-16 | [Market Perspectives March 16, 2017 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8403-market-perspectives-march-16-2017-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council.md) | -1.1% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/market-focus-increased-market-potential-in-europe-middle-east-africa-region/

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