# September Sales of U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Decline Yet Remain Robust; U.S. Imports of Brazilian Ethanol Chip Away at Net Exports Margin

> US ethanol exports fell 18% in September to 100.3 million gallons, per government data analyzed by the RFA, though sales remained mixed with gains in several markets. Canada and Brazil together took half of shipments, and year-to-date exports total 1.10 billion gallons. Imports of Brazilian ethanol rose, narrowing the US net export margin.

- Date: 2019-11-06 · published 2019-11-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56050-september-sales-of-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-decline-yet-remain-robust-u-s-imports
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower export volumes and rising Brazilian ethanol imports reduce US ethanol demand and weigh modestly on corn grind demand and DDGS export pricing.

## 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 | 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 | 2020-05-07 | [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 | 2019-09-04 | [July U.S. Ethanol Exports Robust Outside of Thinner Sales to Brazil; Global Sales of U.S. Distillers Grains Decrease](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57064-july-u-s-ethanol-exports-robust-outside-of-thinner-sales-to-brazil-global-sales.md) | -3.3% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2020-07-02 | [Global Sales of U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Contract in May](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52106-global-sales-of-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-contract-in-may.md) | +0.9% | -6.0% |

## Sources

- ethanolrfa.org: https://ethanolrfa.org/media-and-news/category/trade-monitor/article/2019/11/september-sales-of-us-ethanol-and-ddgs-decline-yet-remain-robust-us-imports-of-brazilian-ethanol-chip-away-at-net-exports-margin

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