# US Grains Council says US-China trade war hitting crush margin by 10 cents a gallon  : The Daily Digest

> The US Grains Council said the US-China trade war is costing the ethanol industry about 10 cents per gallon in crush margins. It estimated the US could supply about 90% of China's import demand without the tariff. Margins would widen once ethanol exports to China resume.

- Date: 2019-05-16 · published 2019-05-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59108-us-grains-council-says-us-china-trade-war-hitting-crush-margin-by-10-cents-a
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lost Chinese ethanol demand reduces processing margins and the corn volume ethanol plants buy, which is bearish for corn. Resumption of exports would reverse that pressure.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-01-11 | [U.S. Grains Council on China actions - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72865-u-s-grains-council-on-china-actions-morning-ag-clips.md) | +0.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-02-12 | [USGC, RFA, Growth Energy urge action on China ethanol, DDGS trade tariffs  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72593-usgc-rfa-growth-energy-urge-action-on-china-ethanol-ddgs-trade-tariffs-the.md) | -1.1% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2021-08-07 | [Grains Council Chief Says USMCA Isn't Without Challenges \| AG \| kmaland.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45529-grains-council-chief-says-usmca-isn-t-without-challenges-ag-kmaland-com.md) | +0.6% | -6.4% |
| CORN | 2017-01-11 | [China slaps punitive tariffs on US ethanol and DDG exports  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72991-china-slaps-punitive-tariffs-on-us-ethanol-and-ddg-exports-the-daily-digest.md) | +0.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-01-23 | [Chinese tariff policies slide value of US DDGs by 30%  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72989-chinese-tariff-policies-slide-value-of-us-ddgs-by-30-the-daily-digest.md) | -0.4% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- biofuelsdigest.com: https://biofuelsdigest.com/us-grains-council-says-us-china-trade-war-hitting-crush-margin-by-10-cents-a-gallon/

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