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With record amounts of ethanol being produced, global trade disputes, and growing demands for cleaner energy, we can help you identify opportunities with reliable pricing, trusted industry data, expert analysis and production forecasts and balances.
Key facts about the global biofuels market
The value of total biofuels production is close to $100 billion globally.
World biofuels production has been grown by 55% over the last 10 years.
The US is the biggest exporter of ethanol in the world with a market share of over 35%.
The fastest growing segment in the sector is Renewable Diesel capacity, which we forecast to triple over the next five years.
Prices for sugar, from which around 35% of the world ethanol is produced, climbed by almost 40% over the last six months.
The biodiesel industry is a key buyer of oilseeds and vegetable oils (palm, soy, rapeseed) and in recent years waste feedstock such as used cooking oil and animal fat became more important.
Ethanol
Ethanol has been one of the fastest growing markets for a value-added product in the agricultural space. It helps farmers to diversify their revenue streams and develop new markets.
Who we help
Energy Trader
Calculating risk, understanding long-term market movements, and keeping abreast of pricing changes are tools you use to make profitable deals. Our accurate market forecasts and data can help maximize your business' profits and stay ahead of your competitors.
Analyst
Your company depends on you to identify, analyse and understand information on market developments in order to advise on the best course of action. Our market analysis and pricing forecasts help you quickly understand the best course of action for your business and advise stakeholders.
Buyer
Maintaining a steady supply while maintaining positive profit margins is crucial. Our supply and demand forecasts, price and production outlooks, and interactive data all aid in your ability to make confident and strategic decisions for your business.
Solutions
At IHS Markit we offer market-leading biofuels information solutions via our industry-leading FO Licht service. The 130-year old brand is renowned for its extensive coverage of commodities that make up feedstocks for ethanol and biodiesel, to the market dynamics that affect each grade of fuel, to price, production and consumption statistics globally at a country and company level.
Contract and spot prices for fuel, beverage, industrial and pharmaceutical grades, delivered per hl pure alcohol. Plus commentary for all major ethanol producing regions worldwide including United Kingdom, France, Benelux, Mediterranean, Scandinavia, US, Pakistan and South America.
FO Licht World Biodiesel Report
Biodiesel prices and market commentary for Western, Central and Eastern Europe, US and Southeast Asia; physical palm oil and palm olein prices in Malaysia; physical soy oil prices for US, Brazil, Argentina and Europe; physical rapeseed oil prices for Europe; and European prices for glycerine and methanol.
World market news, analysis and 12-month forecasts on fuel ethanol, biodiesel, industrial and beverage alcohol, as well as historic and current prices and trade statistics, and monthly balances of world ethanol and world biodiesel production in the most comprehensive database of the biofuels market.
Pricing, supply-demand and forecasts delivered directly to your organisation to support centralised models and trading systems used by team members across your business.
Biodiesel data, from ethanol to biofuels, available to purchase to support your organisation with strategic analysis and economic modelling.
Consulting
Consulting services spanning all your needs in the biofuels sector, from long-term forecasting beyond what is available in our subscription services to market studies for financial investments reviewing everything from market forecasts to competitor intelligence.
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