Statistics

Ethanol industry overview:

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 375
1984 430
1985 610
1986 710
1987 830
1988 845
1989 870
1990 900
1991 950
1992 1,100
1993 1,200
1994 1,350
1995 1,400
1996 1,100
1997 1,300
1998 1,400
1999 1,470
2000 1,630
2001 1,770
2002 2,130
2003 2,800
2004 3,400
2005 3,904
2006 4,855
2007 6,500
2008 9,000
2009 10,600
2010 13,230

Ethanol Industry Overview

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Year January 1999 January 2000 January 2001 January 2002 January 2003 January 2004 January 2005 January 2006 January 2007 January 2008 January 2009 January 2010 January 2011
Total Ethanol Plants 50 54 56 61 68 72 81 95 110 139 170 189 204
Ethanol Production Capacity

1701.7

mgy

1748.7

mgy

 1921.9 mgy 2347.3 mgy 2706.8 mgy 3100.8 mgy 3643.7 mgy 4336.4 mgy

5493.4

mgy

 7888.4 mgy 10,569.4 mgy** 11,877.4 13,507.9

Plants Under Construction/

Expanding

 5 6 5 13 11 15 16 31 76 61 24 15 10
Capacity Under Construction/Expanding 77 mgy 91.5 mgy 64.7 mgy 390.7 mgy 483 mgy 598 mgy 754 mgy 1778 mgy 5635.5 mgy 5536 mgy 2066 mgy 1432 mgy 522 mgy
States with Ethanol Plants 17 17 18 19 20 19 18 20 21 21 26 26 29

* operating plants

U.S. Fuel Ethanol Industry Plants and Production Capacity

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