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Who buys the United States’ ethanol? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $4.5 billion of ethanol (5.7 million tonnes), 32.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were Canada (31%), the United Kingdom (16%) and India (10%). The United States was the world’s largest exporter of ethanol.

Summary

Value
$4.5billion
Tonnes
5.7million tonnes
Share of world total
32.9%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Canada1.4Tonnes: 1,405,540USD per tonne: $1,00231.1%Sea
United Kingdom0.71Tonnes: 849,564USD per tonne: $84215.8%Sea
India0.47Tonnes: 641,858USD per tonne: $72610.3%Sea
Colombia0.3Tonnes: 400,218USD per tonne: $7496.6%Sea
Mexico0.25Tonnes: 559,455USD per tonne: $4475.5%Sea
Philippines0.19Tonnes: 291,489USD per tonne: $6444.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.17Tonnes: 283,999USD per tonne: $5883.7%Sea
South Korea0.16Tonnes: 197,129USD per tonne: $7973.5%Sea
Peru0.14Tonnes: 190,340USD per tonne: $7123%Sea
Nigeria0.09Tonnes: 62,510USD per tonne: $3182.1%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.09Tonnes: 159,065USD per tonne: $5772%Sea
Spain0.08Tonnes: 21,395USD per tonne: $3,7961.8%Sea
Japan0.07Tonnes: 74,346USD per tonne: $8831.5%Sea
Jamaica0.06Tonnes: 82,203USD per tonne: $7261.3%Sea
Brazil0.06Tonnes: 87,886USD per tonne: $6431.3%Sea
Oman0.05Tonnes: 105,447USD per tonne: $5071.2%Sea
Latvia0.03Tonnes: 51,339USD per tonne: $6820.77%Sea
Sweden0.03Tonnes: 30,352USD per tonne: $8620.58%Sea
Finland0.02Tonnes: 31,570USD per tonne: $7890.55%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 33,173USD per tonne: $7230.53%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Canada has been its main destination since 2003

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Canada 1.4
  • United Kingdom 0.71
  • India 0.47
  • Colombia 0.3
  • Mexico 0.25

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada0.011.4
United Kingdom< 0.010.71
India< 0.010.47
Colombia< 0.010.3
Mexico0.010.25

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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