# Interview: China to keep ethanol program steady, national blend rate seen at 4%: US Grains Council

> The US Grains Council said China is expected to keep its ethanol program steady, with a national blend rate seen reaching about 4 percent long term, despite the unofficial suspension of its E10 mandate earlier this year. The Council also said Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand will remain top buyers of US DDGS, and that a US ethanol output dip will not affect DDGS exports to Southeast Asia.

- Date: 2020-09-30 · published 2020-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51117-interview-china-to-keep-ethanol-program-steady-national-blend-rate-seen-at-4-us
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Stable Chinese ethanol policy means limited new corn demand from that channel, while steady Southeast Asian DDGS demand supports US co-product export prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- spglobal.com: https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/agriculture/093020-interview-china-to-keep-ethanol-program-steady-national-blend-rate-seen-at-4-us-grains-council

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