US DDGS exports reach record high in 2010

The United States, due to a 400 percent increase in ethanol exports in 2010, managed to increase its export of Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) by 60 percent compared to 2009. DDGS exports already doubled in 2009 compared to 2008 and last year the increase was 60 percent totalling nine million tonnes.

China was the largest buyer with 2.5 million tonnes, or 28 percent of the total. The remaining top importers were Mexico, Canada, South Korea, and Vietnam. The upward trend in 2011 will be tempered because China in January started an anti-dumping investigation on US DDGS, which halted imports. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.