US Ethanol Export Sales Effort IBP ‘Rousing Success’ at RFA Event

February 17, 2018

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(Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... The meetings were scheduled as part of the Department of Commerce’s International Buyer Program (IBP), a joint government-industry effort that increases U.S. export sales by promoting international attendance at major U.S. conferences. For the third consecutive year, RFA was awarded a grant through IBP to promote these business-to-business meetings during the conference.

The five countries represented during IBP were India, Mexico, Colombia, South Korea, and Jamaica.

In 2017, the U.S. ethanol industry exported a record 1.4 billion gallons of fuel to more than 60 countries, providing consumers around the globe with the lowest-cost, cleanest source of octane. For the third year in a row, Brazil and Canada were the top two markets for U.S. exports, receiving roughly 60 percent of 2017 shipments. India, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Peru, and South Korea were other leading destinations in 2017. READ MORE

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