U.S. ethanol production rebounds on record exports and stronger blending
Record exports lifted U.S. ethanol output to 16.49 billion gallons in 2025, while weekly EIA demand readings climbed to 14.5 BGY in July.
On March 2, 2026, the Renewable Fuels Association put U.S. ethanol production at a record 16.49 billion gallons in 2025 and exports at a record 2.18 billion gallons.
The export total was more than 200 million gallons above the prior 2024 record, or 13% higher, and was valued at $4.8 billion. American-made ethanol went to more than 80 countries. Denatured fuel ethanol, mostly shipped to Canada, accounted for half of exports, while undenatured fuel ethanol, shipped largely to the European Union and United Kingdom, made up about one-third.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration kept its 2025 and 2026 ethanol production forecasts unchanged in its Sept. 9, 2025 Short-Term Energy Outlook. Growth Energy’s weekly EIA summaries put domestic ethanol demand at 14.2 billion gallons a year and production at 16.5 billion gallons a year for the week ending July 18, 2025, then 14.5 billion gallons a year and 16.8 billion gallons a year for the week ending July 25. Growth Energy’s weekly EIA summaries put the July 25 demand reading more than 4% above the 2019 four-week average. By the week ending Oct. 3, 2025, domestic demand was 14.1 billion gallons a year and production was 16.4 billion gallons a year.
Michigan Farm News put exports at 13% of domestic ethanol production through the first seven months of 2025, up from a record 12% in 2024. On Oct. 17, 2024, the U.S. Energy Information Administration identified rising fuel ethanol exports on strong international demand and low U.S. prices. USDA’s Economic Research Service has also tracked U.S. ethanol exports at new highs.
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