Ethanol Fuel - Experience By Country

Experience By Country

The world's top ethanol fuel producers in 2011 were the United States with 13.9 billion U.S. liquid gallons (bg) (52.6 billion liters) and Brazil with 5.6 bg (21.1 billion liters), accounting together for 87.1% of world production of 22.36 billion US gallons (84.6 billion liters). Strong incentives, coupled with other industry development initiatives, are giving rise to fledgling ethanol industries in countries such as Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, China, Thailand, Canada, Colombia, India, Australia, and some Central American countries.

Annual Fuel Ethanol Production by Country
(2007–2011)
Top 10 countries/regional blocks
World
rank
Country/Region 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
1 United States 13,900 13,231 10,938 9,235 6,485
2 Brazil 5,573.24 6,921.54 6,577.89 6,472.2 5,019.2
3 European Union 1,199.31 1,176.88 1,039.52 733.60 570.30
4 China 554.76 541.55 541.55 501.90 486.00
5 Thailand 435.20 89.80 79.20
6 Canada 462.3 356.63 290.59 237.70 211.30
7 India 91.67 66.00 52.80
8 Colombia 83.21 79.30 74.90
9 Australia 87.2 66.04 56.80 26.40 26.40
10 Other 247.27
World Total 22,356.09 22,946.87 19,534.993 17,335.20 13,101.7

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