# October U.S. Ethanol Exports Continue Meteoric Rise While Import Market Fizzles

> US ethanol exports in October reached 131.6 million gallons, the largest monthly volume since December 2011 and up 32 percent from September. Brazil took 42.7 million gallons and Canada 35.0 million, while undenatured fuel ethanol sales hit a record 70.0 million gallons.

- Date: 2016-12-06 · published 2016-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73460-october-u-s-ethanol-exports-continue-meteoric-rise-while-import-market-fizzles
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Record ethanol export demand supports ethanol margins and corn grind, which lifts demand for corn and co-products such as DDGS.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-12-08 | [#Ethanol Exports Rise, Imports Fizzle \| Energy.AgWired.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73461-ethanol-exports-rise-imports-fizzle-energy-agwired-com.md) | +0.9% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2019-12-05 | [October Shipments of U.S. Ethanol Press Higher while U.S. DDGS Exports Slip](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55570-october-shipments-of-u-s-ethanol-press-higher-while-u-s-ddgs-exports-slip.md) | -4.3% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2021-12-07 | [Exports of U.S. Ethanol and DDGS Brighten in October](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43604-exports-of-u-s-ethanol-and-ddgs-brighten-in-october.md) | -0.5% | -0.0% |
| CORN | 2017-09-06 | [U.S. Ethanol, DDGS Exports Rise in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68951-u-s-ethanol-ddgs-exports-rise-in-july.md) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2016-11-01 | [Surging ethanol exports are helping to support corn market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73854-surging-ethanol-exports-are-helping-to-support-corn-market.md) | +1.9% | -4.3% |

## Sources

- ethanolrfa.org: https://ethanolrfa.org/media-and-news/category/blog/article/2016/12/october-u-s-ethanol-exports-continue-meteoric-rise-while-import-market-fizzles

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