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Table 10.4 Biodiesel Overview

Feedstocka

Losses

and Coproductsb Production

Trade

Stocksd Stock

Changee

Balancing

Imports Exports Itemf Consumption

Net

Importsc

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

2001 Total .................... 1 (s) 204 9 1 78 39 39 NA NA NA 243 10 1

2002 Total .................... 1 (s) 250 10 1 191 56 135 NA NA NA 385 16 2

2003 Total .................... 2 (s) 338 14 2 94 110 -16 NA NA NA 322 14 2

2004 Total .................... 4 (s) 666 28 4 97 124 -26 NA NA NA 640 27 3

2005 Total .................... 12 (s) 2,162 91 12 207 206 1 NA NA NA 2,163 91 12

2006 Total .................... 32 (s) 5,963 250 32 1,069 828 242 NA NA NA 6,204 261 33

2007 Total .................... 63 1 11,662 490 62 3,342 6,477 -3,135 NA NA NA 8,528 358 46

2008 Total .................... 88 1 16,145 678 87 7,502 16,128 -8,626 NA NA NA 7,519 316 40

2009 January ................ 5 (s) 1,011 42 5 261 1,150 -889 664 664 621 79 3 (s)

 February .............. 4 (s) 780 33 4 158 1,166 -1,009 424 -240 61 73 3 (s)

 March ................... 3 (s) 599 25 3 383 203 180 665 241 0 538 23 3

 April ..................... 3 (s) 624 26 3 52 154 -102 632 -33 0 554 23 3

 May ...................... 4 (s) 689 29 4 117 417 -300 600 -32 0 421 18 2

 June ..................... 4 (s) 761 32 4 138 366 -228 581 -19 0 552 23 3

 July ...................... 6 (s) 1,030 43 6 58 581 -523 511 -70 0 576 24 3

 August ................. 6 (s) 1,070 45 6 126 397 -271 511 0 0 799 34 4

 September ........... 6 (s) 1,158 49 6 123 224 -101 527 16 0 1,041 44 6

 October ................ 7 (s) 1,364 57 7 159 424 -265 553 26 0 1,074 45 6

 November ............ 8 (s) 1,511 63 8 105 819 -714 531 -22 0 819 34 4

 December ............ 8 (s) 1,455 61 8 165 431 -265 711 180 0 1,010 42 5

 Total .................... 65 1 12,054 506 65 1,844 6,332 -4,489 711 711 682 7,537 317 40

2010 January ................ 3 (s) 623 26 3 41 296 -256 R 1,049 R 338 0 R 30 R 1 (s)

 February .............. 4 (s) 653 27 4 31 139 -108 R 1,039 R -10 0 R 556 R 23 3

 March ................... 4 (s) 806 34 4 60 433 -374 R 1,057 R 18 0 R 414 R 17 2

 April ..................... 5 (s) 854 36 5 45 227 -182 R 1,009 R -48 0 R 720 30 4

 May ...................... 4 (s) 753 32 4 80 251 -171 R 1,016 R 7 0 R 575 R 24 R 3

 June ..................... 3 (s) 606 25 3 54 304 -249 968 R -48 0 R 404 R 17 2

 July ...................... 4 (s) 673 28 4 32 199 -167 830 -138 0 644 27 3

 August ................. 3 (s) 543 23 3 52 225 -173 771 -59 0 429 18 2

 September ........... 3 (s) 564 24 3 69 131 -62 682 -89 0 590 25 3

 October ................ 3 (s) 497 21 3 18 132 -114 650 -32 0 415 17 2

 November ............ 2 (s) 385 16 2 30 57 -27 676 26 0 332 14 2

 December ............ 2 (s) 409 17 2 34 109 -75 R 672 R -4 0 R 338 R 14 2

 Total .................... 40 1 7,366 309 39 546 2,503 -1,958 R 672 R -39 0 R 5,447 R 229 R 29

2011 January ................ 4 (s) 740 31 4 49 217 -169 738 g 76 0 496 21 3

 February .............. 4 (s) 718 30 4 37 88 -51 869 131 0 536 23 3

 March ................... 7 (s) 1,220 51 7 53 197 -144 984 115 0 961 40 5

 April ..................... 8 (s) 1,442 61 8 52 222 -169 1,012 28 0 1,245 52 7

 May ...................... 8 (s) 1,424 60 8 48 192 -144 1,102 90 0 1,190 50 6

 5-Month Total ..... 30 (s) 5,545 233 30 239 916 -677 1,102 440 0 4,428 186 24

2010 5-Month Total ..... 20 (s) 3,689 155 20 256 1,347 -1,090 1,016 305 0 2,294 96 12

2009 5-Month Total ..... 20 (s) 3,704 156 20 970 3,090 -2,120 600 600 682 1,666 70 9

a Total vegetable oil and other biomass inputs to the production of biodiesel. b Losses and co-products from the production of biodiesel. Does not include

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

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

appropriate energy source.

c Net imports equal imports minus exports. d Stocks are at end of period. e A negative value indicates a decrease in stocks and a positive value indicates

an increase. f Beginning in 2009, because of incomplete data coverage and different data

sources, “Balancing Item” is used to balance biodiesel supply and disposition. 

g Derived from the preliminary December 2010 stocks value (662 thousand

barrels), not the final December 2010 value (672 thousand barrels) that is shown

under “Stocks.” 

R=Revised. NA=Not available. (s)=Less than 0.5 trillion Btu. 

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

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

multiplying by 0.042, and are converted to Btu by multiplying by 5.359 million Btu

per barrel (the approximate heat content of biodiesel—see Table A3). • Through

2000, data are not available. Beginning in 2001, data not from U.S. Energy

Information Administration (EIA) surveys are estimates. • 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 2001.

Sources: See end of section.