Monthly Biodiesel Production 

Report

With data for December 2020

Independent Statistics & Analysis

www.eia.gov

U.S. Department of Energy

Washington, DC 20585

February 2021
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This report was prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and 

analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. By law, EIA’s data, analyses, and forecasts are 

independent of approval by any other officer or employee of the United States Government. The views 

in this report therefore should not be construed as representing those of the Department of Energy or 

other Federal agencies.
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Biodiesel Highlights for December 2020

Production – U.S. production of biodiesel was 159 million gallons in December 2020. Biodiesel 

production during December 2020 was 8 million gallons higher than production in 

November 2020. Biodiesel production from the Midwest region (Petroleum Administration for 

Defense District 2) accounted for 72 percent of the United States total. Production came from 85

biodiesel plants with capacity of 2.5 billion gallons per year.

Sales – Producer sales of biodiesel during December 2020 included 74 million gallons sold as 

pure B100 (100% biodiesel) and an additional 73 million gallons sold as biodiesel blends 

(contains both pure biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel). 

Feedstocks – There were a total of 1,176 million pounds of feedstocks used to produce 

biodiesel in December 2020. Soybean oil remained the largest biodiesel feedstock during 

December 2020 with 744 million pounds consumed.
Table 1. U.S. Biodiesel production capacity and production

million gallons

Period Annual Production Capacity Monthly B100 Production

2018

January 2,549 126

February 2,550 128

March 2,548 149

April 2,567 143

May 2,511 151

June 2,512 159

July 2,512 166

August 2,512 172

September 2,512 164

October 2,517 171

November 2,502 160

December 2,507 168

12 Month Total -- 1,857 

2019

January 2,564 144

February 2,563 131

March 2,563 141

April 2,563 152

May 2,553 155

June 2,504 142

July 2,561 159

August 2,561 156

September 2,547 142

October 2,515 144

November 2,510 127

December 2,513 133

12 Month Total -- 1,725 

2020

January 2,515 134

February 2,515 132

March 2,514 151

April 2,514 144

May 2,514 152

June 2,514 151

July 2,509 162

August 2,459 163

September 2,460 159

October 2,454 160

November 2,451 151

December 2,476 159

12 Month Total -- 1,817 

2019 12 Month Total -- 1,725 

2018 12 Month Total -- 1,857 

-- = Not Applicable

R = Revised

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

B100 is the industry designation for pure biodiesel; a biodiesel blend contains both pure biodiesel and petroleum 

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey"

 Beginning with data for October 2020, Form EIA-819 "Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from

 Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel Oxygenates, Isooctane, and Isooctene"

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Table 2. U.S. Biodiesel production, sales, and stocks

million gallons

Period B100 production Sales of B100

Sales of biodiesel 

blends including 

petroleum

Ending stocks 

of B100

B100 stock 

change

2018

January 126 51 66 52 8 

February 128 48 72 60 8 

March 149 54 92 62 2 

April 143 57 88 59 (3)

May 151 71 92 48 (11)

June 159 69 90 48 0 

July 166 71 98 45 (3)

August 172 77 103 38 (8)

September 164 68 92 42 4 

October 171 69 101 43 1 

November 160 62 92 49 6 

December 168 67 107 44 (5)

12 Month Total 1,857 765 1,093 -- 0

2019

January 144 47 71 68 24 

February 131 48 77 73 5 

March 141 57 90 66 (7)

April 152 66 90 62 (4)

May 155 72 89 54 (8)

June 142 65 81 50 (4)

July 159 72 90 46 (3)

August 156 71 86 45 (2)

September 142 64 78 44 (1)

October 144 57 84 47 3 

November 127 49 73 52 5 

December 133 60 76 49 (4)

12 Month Total 1,725 729 987 -- 5

2020

January 134 56 71 56 7 

February 132 54 77 56 0 

March 151 64 84 61 5 

April 144 70 78 57 (5)

May 152 71 72 66 9 

June 151 72 85 59 (7)

July 162 69 98 53 (6)

August 163 73 96 46 (7)

September 159 69 96 40 (6)

October 160 74 82 45 5 

November 151 73 72 52 7 

December 159 74 73 49 (4)

12 Month Total 1,817 820 985 -- 0 

2019 12 Month Total 1,725 729 987 -- 5

2018 12 Month Total 1,857 765 1,093 -- 0

-- = Not applicable

R = Revised

B100 is the industry designation for pure biodiesel; a biodiesel blend contains both pure biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel.

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

U.S. Energy Information Administration | Monthly Biodiesel Production 

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey" 

 Beginning with data for October 2020, Form EIA-819 "Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel

 Oxygenates, Isooctane, and Isooctene"

(s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total.
Table 3. U.S. Inputs to biodiesel production

million pounds

Period Canola oil Corn oil Cottonseed oil Palm oil Soybean oil Other Poultry Tallow

2018

January 128 153 (s) - 462 (s) 6 W

February 102 143 - - 496 (s) 6 W

March 101 155 - - 624 (s) W 23

April 116 178 (s) - 520 (s) W 43

May W 178 W - 581 (s) 8 49

June W 170 (s) - 624 W 10 51

July W 193 W - 671 W 12 56

August 108 202 - - 705 W 19 54

September 96 169 W - 689 W 17 49

October 101 178 W - 699 W 17 59

November W 185 W - 704 W 13 30

December W 181 W - 768 (s) 10 21

12 Month Total W 2,085 W - 7,542 W 133 484 

2019

January W 145 W - 623 (s) W 24

February W 137 - - 560 (s) 16 20

March 83 141 (s) - 617 W W 24

April 121 154 W - 632 (s) 9 26

May W 144 W - 659 W 19 29

June W 155 (s) - 594 W 16 23

July 118 154 (s) - 709 W 18 22

August 108 162 (s) - 701 W 16 24

September 124 134 W - 599 W 11 24

October 115 131 - - 558 W 15 29

November 100 142 - - 527 W 12 26

December 99 161 - - 541 W 11 21

12 Month Total 1,234 1,760 W - 7,318 W 163 292 

2020

January 109 177 - - 521 W 11 W

February 93 134 - - 575 W 12 21

March 131 145 - - 656 W 24 W

April 138 84 - - 672 (s) W 24

May 130 84 - - 805 W 9 12

June 110 94 W - 747 13 W 21

July W 133 W - 775 W W 54

August W 148 W - 745 W W 44

September W 136 - - 737 W 23 27

October W 101 - - 723 W 21 52

November W 133 - - 683 - 14 33

December W 147 - - 744 - 7 38

12 Month Total 1,246 1,516 1 - 8,383 W 173 368 

2019 12 Month Total 1,234 1,760 W - 7,318 W 163 292 

2018 12 Month Total W 2,085 W - 7,542 W 133 484 

- = No data reported

R = Revised

W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.

NA = Not Available

(s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total.

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

Feedstock inputs

Vegetable oils Animal fats

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey"

 Beginning with data for October 2020, Form EIA-819 "Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel Oxygenates, Isooctane,

 and Isooctene"
Table 3a. U.S. Inputs to biodiesel production (continuation of table 3)

million pounds

Period White grease Other Yellow grease Other Algae Other Alcohol Catalysts

2018

January 44 4 103 W (s) 1 98 20

February 44 5 123 W - 4 100 19

March 49 5 138 11 - W 118 23

April 54 W 140 10 - W 112 21

May 53 5 154 12 - W 120 23

June 57 W 150 15 - W 126 24

July 51 6 152 12 - W 131 24

August 55 W 147 18 - W 136 26

September 58 5 136 17 - W 129 24

October 59 3 148 13 - W 137 25

November 48 4 137 15 - W 128 23

December 45 4 140 22 - W 150 26

12 Month Total 618 53 1,668 168 - W 1,485 280 

2019

January 63 3 121 22 - W 119 22

February 49 4 124 17 - W 104 20

March 58 6 121 15 - W 117 21

April 57 3 134 24 - W 151 25

May 43 1 138 30 - W 126 22

June 45 (s) 119 W - W 115 21

July 40 1 118 23 - W 126 23

August 30 W 115 28 - 9 127 23

September 27 3 115 32 - W 119 23

October 46 2 116 28 - W 120 30

November 36 2 111 W - W 105 22

December 41 W 113 W - W 119 21

12 Month Total 536 W 1,445 W - W 1,448 274 

2020

January 48 2 115 29 - W 114 21

February 43 3 91 23 - W 104 20

March 36 3 103 22 - W 125 22

April 42 7 71 18 - W 117 22

May 40 1 51 11 - W 122 22

June 53 W 70 12 - W 121 23

July 55 W 82 25 - W 131 25

August 55 W 80 26 - W 165 25

September 73 W 85 29 - W 129 24

October 57 3 108 W - W NA NA

November 53 3 112 W - - NA NA

December 57 4 86 W - - NA NA

12 Month Total 612 37 1,053 240 - W NA NA 

2019 12 Month Total 536 W 1,445 W - W 1,448 274 

2018 12 Month Total 618 53 1,668 168 - W 1,485 280 

- = No data reported

R = Revised

W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.

NA = Not Available

(s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total.

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

1

 Beginning with data for October 2020, inputs of alcohol and catalysts are no longer collected. 

Other inputs 1 Feedstock inputs

Animal fats Recycled feeds

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey" 

 Beginning with data for October 2020, Form EIA-819 "Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel Oxygenates, Isooctane, 

 and Isooctene"
Table 4. Biodiesel producers and production capacity by state, December 2020

State Number of producers

Annual production capacity

(million gallons per year)

Alabama 1 20 

Alaska 1 0

Arizona 1 2 

Arkansas 3 115 

California 8 81 

Colorado - - 

Connecticut 1 33 

Delaware - - 

District of Columbia - - 

Florida - - 

Georgia 3 19 

Hawaii 1 6 

Idaho - -

Illinois 5 168 

Indiana 3 107 

Iowa 10 459 

Kansas 1 60 

Kentucky 1 54 

Louisiana - - 

Maine 1 1

Maryland - - 

Massachusetts 1 1 

Michigan 2 15

Minnesota 3 85 

Mississippi 3 102 

Missouri 8 253 

Montana - - 

Nebraska - - 

Nevada - - 

New Hampshire 1 4 

New Jersey - - 

New Mexico - - 

New York - -

North Carolina 1 2 

North Dakota 1 85 

Ohio 1 71 

Oklahoma 1 38 

Oregon 1 17

Pennsylvania 2 90 

Rhode Island 1 7 

South Carolina 1 5 

South Dakota - - 

Tennessee 2 38 

Texas 8 380 

Utah - - 

Vermont - - 

Virginia 4 13 

Washington 2 112 

West Virginia - - 

Wisconsin 2 33 

Wyoming - - 

U.S. Total 85 2,476 

- = No data reported.

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

Number of producers is a count of plants with operable capacity during the report month.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-819 "Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel

 Oxygenates, Isooctane, and Isooctene"

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Table 5. Biodiesel (B100) production by Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD)

million gallons

Period

East Coast

(PADD 1)

Midwest

(PADD 2)

Gulf Coast

(PADD 3)

Rocky

Mountain

(PADD 4)

West Coast

(PADD 5) U.S.

2018

January 7 84 23 (s) 11 126

February 8 85 25 (s) 9 128

March 11 99 30 (s) 10 149

April 10 94 27 (s) 12 143

May 10 97 31 (s) 14 151

June 10 105 31 (s) 13 159

July 11 108 33 (s) 13 166

August 10 111 37 (s) 14 172

September 10 110 33 (s) 11 164

October 10 112 36 (s) 13 171

November 11 107 35 (s) 8 160

December 11 108 37 (s) 12 168

12 Month Total 119 1,220 378 (s) 140 1,857 

2019

January 9 94 28 (s) 13 144

February 10 87 28 (s) 6 131

March 8 97 27 (s) 9 141

April 9 101 30 (s) 12 152

May 8 106 26 (s) 14 155

June 7 97 26 (s) 11 142

July 7 107 31 (s) 13 159

August 6 105 31 (s) 14 156

September 6 97 26 (s) 13 142

October 6 98 29 (s) 11 144

November 6 87 26 (s) 9 127

December 6 90 27 (s) 9 133

12 Month Total 88 1,166 335 (s) 134 1,725 

2020

January 7 96 23 (s) 9 134

February 5 98 19 (s) 10 132

March 6 107 27 (s) 11 151

April 4 99 30 (s) 12 144

May 3 112 25 (s) 12 152

June 5 107 27 (s) 12 151

July 7 116 28 (s) 10 162

August 7 118 25 (s) 13 163

September 8 114 28 (s) 9 159

October 8 113 30 (s) 9 160

November 7 110 25 0 9 151

December 7 114 28 0 9 159

12 Month Total 74 1,304 315 (s) 125 1,817 

2019 12 Month Total 88 1,166 335 (s) 134 1,725 

2018 12 Month Total 119 1,220 378 (s) 140 1,857 

- = No data reported

R = Revised

B100 is the industry designation for pure biodiesel; a biodiesel blend contains both pure biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel.

PADD

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(s) = Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total.

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to independent rounding.

See Appendix A for a map of states included in each PADD.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-22M "Monthly Biodiesel Production Survey"

 Beginning with data for October 2020, Form EIA-819 "Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel Oxgenates,

 Isooctane, and Isooctene"
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