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Table 10.3 Fuel Ethanol Overview

Feedstocka

Losses

and Coproductsb Denaturantc Productiond

Traded

Stocksd,f

Stock

Changed,g Consumptiond

Consumption

Minus

Denaturanth Net

Importse

TBtu TBtu Mbbl Mbbl MMgal TBtu Mbbl Mbbl Mbbl Mbbl MMgal TBtu TBtu

1981 Total .................. 13 6 40 1,978 83 7 NA NA NA 1,978 83 7 7

1985 Total .................. 93 42 294 14,693 617 52 NA NA NA 14,693 617 52 51

1990 Total .................. 111 49 356 17,802 748 63 NA NA NA 17,802 748 63 62

1995 Total .................. 198 86 647 32,325 1,358 115 387 2,186 -207 32,919 1,383 117 114

1996 Total .................. 141 61 464 23,178 973 83 313 2,065 -121 23,612 992 84 82

1997 Total .................. 186 80 613 30,674 1,288 109 85 2,925 860 29,899 1,256 107 104

1998 Total .................. 202 86 669 33,453 1,405 119 66 3,406 481 33,038 1,388 118 115

1999 Total .................. 211 90 698 34,881 1,465 124 87 4,024 618 34,350 1,443 122 119

2000 Total .................. 233 99 773 38,627 1,622 138 116 3,400 -624 39,367 1,653 140 137

2001 Total .................. 253 108 841 42,028 1,765 150 315 4,298 898 41,445 1,741 148 144

2002 Total .................. 307 130 1,019 50,956 2,140 182 306 6,200 1,902 49,360 2,073 176 171

2003 Total .................. 400 169 1,335 66,772 2,804 238 292 5,978 -222 67,286 2,826 240 233

2004 Total .................. 484 203 1,621 81,058 3,404 289 3,542 6,002 24 84,576 3,552 301 293

2005 Total .................. 552 230 1,859 92,961 3,904 331 3,234 5,563 -439 96,634 4,059 344 335

2006 Total .................. 688 285 2,326 116,294 4,884 414 17,408 8,760 3,197 130,505 5,481 465 453

2007 Total .................. 914 376 3,105 155,263 6,521 553 10,457 10,535 1,775 163,945 6,886 584 569

2008 Total .................. 1,300 531 4,433 221,637 9,309 790 12,610 14,226 3,691 230,556 9,683 821 800

2009 January .............. 114 46 403 19,561 822 70 388 14,514 288 19,661 826 70 68

 February ............ 106 43 409 18,255 767 65 56 15,834 1,320 16,991 714 61 59

 March ................. 117 48 452 20,121 845 72 79 16,411 577 19,623 824 70 68

 April ................... 113 46 427 19,374 814 69 166 15,322 -1,089 20,629 866 74 71

 May .................... 123 50 459 21,024 883 75 507 14,173 -1,149 22,680 953 81 79

 June ................... 123 50 455 21,125 887 75 705 13,974 -199 22,029 925 78 76

 July .................... 133 54 503 22,887 961 82 960 14,223 249 23,598 991 84 82

 August ............... 135 55 494 23,136 972 82 983 14,671 448 23,671 994 84 82

 September ......... 129 53 479 22,218 933 79 310 15,283 612 21,916 920 78 76

 October .............. 137 55 515 23,467 986 84 269 14,933 -350 24,086 1,012 86 83

 November .......... 141 57 523 24,122 1,013 86 285 15,578 645 23,762 998 85 82

 December .......... 146 59 569 25,134 1,056 90 12 16,594 1,016 24,130 1,013 86 83

 Total .................. 1,517 616 5,688 260,424 10,938 928 4,720 16,594 2,368 262,776 11,037 936 910

2010 January .............. 149 60 541 25,625 1,076 91 -234 18,251 1,657 23,734 997 85 82

 February ............ 138 56 496 23,802 1,000 85 -482 19,297 1,046 22,274 936 79 77

 March ................. 154 62 537 26,486 1,112 94 -1,104 20,222 925 24,457 1,027 87 85

 April ................... 147 59 522 25,384 1,066 90 -927 20,042 -180 24,637 1,035 88 85

 May .................... 152 61 534 26,244 1,102 93 -368 19,851 -191 26,067 1,095 93 90

 June ................... 149 60 522 25,632 1,077 91 -341 18,565 -1,286 26,577 1,116 95 92

 July .................... 154 62 543 26,584 1,117 95 -578 17,809 -756 26,762 1,124 95 93

 August ............... 157 63 538 26,964 1,132 96 -695 17,380 -429 26,698 1,121 95 93

 September ......... 152 61 533 26,221 1,101 93 -924 17,437 57 25,240 1,060 90 88

 October .............. 160 64 563 27,471 1,154 98 -830 17,278 -159 26,800 1,126 95 93

 November .......... 161 65 585 27,747 1,165 99 -923 18,150 872 25,952 1,090 92 90

 December .......... 165 67 592 28,457 1,195 101 -1,711 17,941 -209 26,955 1,132 96 93

 Total .................. 1,839 741 6,506 316,617 13,298 1,127 -9,115 17,941 1,347 306,155 12,858 1,090 1,061

2011 January .............. 165 66 581 28,524 1,198 102 -1,359 20,672 i 2,732 24,433 1,026 87 85

 February ............ 147 59 535 25,400 1,067 90 -1,425 20,809 137 23,838 1,001 85 83

 March ................. 163 65 548 28,194 1,184 100 -2,003 21,440 631 25,560 1,074 91 89

 April ................... 154 62 507 26,591 1,117 95 -2,865 20,807 -633 24,359 1,023 87 85

 May .................... 161 64 545 27,756 1,166 99 -1,743 20,387 -420 26,433 1,110 94 92

 June ................... 157 63 535 27,064 1,137 96 -1,533 18,833 -1,554 27,085 1,138 96 94

 July .................... 160 64 555 27,624 1,160 98 -2,731 18,700 -133 25,026 1,051 89 87

 August ............... 163 65 575 28,110 1,181 100 -790 17,900 -800 28,120 1,181 100 97

 September ......... 154 62 525 26,645 1,119 95 -1,820 18,437 537 24,288 1,020 86 84

 October .............. 163 65 557 28,092 1,180 100 -2,388 18,072 -365 26,069 1,095 93 90

 November .......... 164 66 573 28,335 1,190 101 -3,258 18,343 271 24,806 1,042 88 86

 11-Month Total 1,749 701 6,036 302,335 12,698 1,077 -21,915 18,343 403 280,017 11,761 997 971

2010 11-Month Total 1,674 675 5,914 288,160 12,103 1,026 -7,405 18,150 1,556 279,199 11,726 994 968

2009 11-Month Total 1,371 557 5,119 235,290 9,882 838 4,708 15,578 1,352 238,646 10,023 850 826

a Total corn and other biomass inputs to the production of undenatured ethanol

used for fuel ethanol.

b Losses and co-products from the production of fuel ethanol. Does not include

natural gas, electricity, and other non-biomass energy used in the production of fuel

ethanol—these are included in the industrial sector consumption statistics for the

appropriate energy source.

c The amount of denaturant in fuel ethanol produced. d Includes denaturant. e Through 2009, data are for fuel ethanol imports only; data for fuel ethanol

exports are not available. Beginning in 2010, data are for fuel ethanol imports

minus fuel ethanol exports.

f Stocks are at end of period. g A negative value indicates a decrease in stocks and a positive value indicates

an increase.

h Consumption of fuel ethanol minus denaturant. Data for fuel ethanol minus

denaturant are used to develop data for "Renewable Energy/Biomass" in Tables

10.1–10.2b, as well as in Sections 1 and 2. i Derived from the preliminary December 2010 stocks value (17,940 thousand

barrels), not the final December 2010 value (17,941 thousand barrels) that is shown

under "Stocks."

NA=Not available. 

Notes: • Mbbl = thousand barrels. MMgal = million U.S. gallons. TBtu = trillion

Btu. • Fuel ethanol data in thousand barrels are converted to million gallons by

multiplying by 0.042, and are converted to Btu by multiplying by the approximate

heat content of fuel ethanol—see Table A3. • Through 1980, data are not

available. For 1981–1992, data are estimates. For 1993–2008, only data for

feedstock, losses and co-products, and denaturant are estimates.

Beginning in 2009, only data for feedstock, and losses and co-products, are

estimates. • See "Denaturant," "Ethanol," "Fuel Ethanol," and "Fuel Ethanol Minus

Denaturant" in Glossary. • Totals may not equal sum of components due to

independent rounding. • Geographic coverage is the 50 States and the District of

Columbia.

Web Page: See http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/#renewable for all

available data beginning in 1981.

Sources: See end of section.