# Global Sales of U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Contract in May

> US ethanol exports fell 32% in May to 67.5 million gallons, the smallest monthly volume in four years, driven by a sharp drop in sales to Brazil. India remained the top global market at 14.9 million gallons, while shipments to Canada and the Netherlands rose.

- Date: 2020-07-02 · published 2020-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52106-global-sales-of-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-contract-in-may
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker ethanol export demand reduces outlets for US ethanol output and the distillers grains co-product, a modest bearish signal for DDGS and corn demand tied to ethanol plants.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-11-03 | [Global Sales of U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Tighten in September but Remain Robust](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62043-global-sales-of-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-tighten-in-september-but-remain-robust.md) | +1.8% | +1.4% |
| 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 | 2018-11-06 | [Global sales of ethanol, DDGS tighten but remain robust](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62050-global-sales-of-ethanol-ddgs-tighten-but-remain-robust.md) | -6.4% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2020-06-07 | [U.S. exports of ethanol and DDGS ebb in April  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52617-u-s-exports-of-ethanol-and-ddgs-ebb-in-april-the-daily-digest.md) | -0.3% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2025-08-08 | [U.S. floods global market with cheap ethanol](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23311-u-s-floods-global-market-with-cheap-ethanol.md) | -1.7% | +3.6% |

## Sources

- ethanolrfa.org: https://ethanolrfa.org/media-and-news/category/trade-monitor/article/2020/07/global-sales-of-us-ethanol-and-ddgs-contract-in-may

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