Statistics

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Ethanol industry statistics:

Ethanol industry pricing:

Historic U.S. fuel Ethanol Production

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Year Millions of Gallons
1980 175
1981 215
1982 350
1983 415
1984 510
1985 617
1986 712
1987 819
1988 831
1989 843
1990 848
1991 866
1992 985
1993 1,154
1994 1,289
1995 1,358
1996 1,088
1997 1,288
1998 1,405
1999 1,465
2000 1,622
2001 1,765
2002 2,140
2003 2,810
2004 3,404
2005 3,904
2006 4,884
2007 6,521
2008 9,309
2009 10,938
2010 13,298
2011 13,948
2012 13,300

Ethanol Industry Overview

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Total Ethanol Plants 50 54 56 61 68 72 81 95 110 139 170 189 204 209 211
Ethanol Production Capacity (mgy)
1701.7
1748.7
1921.9
2347.3
2706.8
3100.8
3643.7
4336.4
5493.4
7888.4
10,569.4 ** 11,877.4 13,507.9 14,906.9 14,712.4
Plants Under Construction/ Expanding 5 6 5 13 11 15 16 31 76 61 24 15 10 2 4
Capacity Under Construction/ Expanding (mgy)
77 91.5 64.7
390.7 483 598 754 1778 5635.5 5536 2066 1432 522 140 158
States with Ethanol Plants 17 17 18 19 20 19 18 20 21 21 26 26 29 29 28

* operating plants