# September U.S. Ethanol Global Sales Moderate While U.S. DDGS Exports Leap to 5-Year High

> US ethanol exports fell 23% in September to 77.2 million gallons, with Canada taking 42% of volume. US DDGS exports rose 14% to 1.16 million metric tons, the largest monthly volume in five years, led by strong Japanese and South Korean buying.

- Date: 2020-11-04 · published 2020-11-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50134-september-u-s-ethanol-global-sales-moderate-while-u-s-ddgs-exports-leap-to-5
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Record-scale DDGS export demand tightens domestic feed co-product supply, supporting DDGS prices and competing with soymeal and corn for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-12-04 | [October U.S. Ethanol Global Sales Burst Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels while U.S. DDGS Exports Moderate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49638-october-u-s-ethanol-global-sales-burst-back-to-pre-pandemic-levels-while-u-s.md) | -0.7% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2020-02-05 | [December Global U.S. Ethanol Sales were Invigorated while DDGS Exports Subsided](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54600-december-global-u-s-ethanol-sales-were-invigorated-while-ddgs-exports-subsided.md) | -1.1% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2021-07-02 | [Global Sales of U.S. Ethanol Lose Momentum in May while U.S. DDGS Exports Post Big Gains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46036-global-sales-of-u-s-ethanol-lose-momentum-in-may-while-u-s-ddgs-exports-post.md) | -4.2% | -11.6% |
| CORN | 2023-02-07 | [Pace of U.S. Ethanol Sales Slows at Year End while DDGS Exports Rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37318-pace-of-u-s-ethanol-sales-slows-at-year-end-while-ddgs-exports-rally.md) | -0.6% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2021-01-07 | [November U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Global Sales Moderate; China Returns as a Sizeable Ethanol Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49148-november-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-global-sales-moderate-china-returns-as-a-sizeable.md) | +5.6% | +13.4% |

## Sources

- ethanolrfa.org: https://ethanolrfa.org/media-and-news/category/trade-monitor/article/2020/11/september-us-ethanol-global-sales-moderate-while-us-ddgs-exports-leap-to-5-year-high

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