Feb 7, 2024
U.S. fuel ethanol production was up more than 4% the week ending Feb. 2, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Feb. 7. Stocks of fuel ethanol were up 2% and exports fell by 43%
Fuel ethanol production averaged 1.033 million barrels per day the week ending Feb. 2, up 42,000 barrels per day when compared to the 991,000 barrels per day of production reported for the previous week. When compared to the same week of last year, production for the week ending Feb. 2 was up 33,000 barrels per day.
Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol reached 24.779 million barrels the week ending Feb. 2, up 509,000 barrels when compared to the 24.27 million barrels reported for the previous week. When compared to the same week of last year, stocks for the week ending Feb. 2 were up 362,000 barrels.
Exports of fuel ethanol averaged 78,000 barrels per day the week ending Feb. 2, down 59,000 barrels per day when compared to the 137,000 barrels per day of exports reported for the previous week. Data on weekly ethanol exports is not available for the corresponding week of 2023 as the EIA began reporting weekly data on fuel ethanol exports in June 2023. No fuel ethanol imports were reported for the week ending Feb. 2.
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