November Ethanol Production Steady, Imports And Consumption Down

Ethanol production in November remained steady at pretty much the same level since August. Imports for the month dropped by over 50% and consumption fell by almost 50 million gallons from the number posted in October to the lowest level since August.

The numbers are skewed downward somewhat since November has only 30 and October has 31. Daily production in November was 668,000 barrels per day versus 647,000 barrels per day in October.

Ethanol Production Numbers in Gallons
	Production	Imports	Stocks	Consumption
November 2008	842,268,000	11,676,000	639,534,000	852,474,000
October 2008	842,016,000	25,830,000	638,064,000	901,530,000
September 2008	806,274,000	103,572,000	671,748,000	863,142,000
August 2008	842,478,000	81,102,000	625,044,000	852,348,000
July 2008	799,764,000	57,120,000	553,812,000	819,840,000
June 2008	736,848,000	65,982,000	516,768,000	791,910,000
May 2008	778,806,000	36,372,000	505,848,000	793,968,000
April 2008	708,456,000	60,942,000	484,638,000	763,182,000
March 2008	730,674,000	15,456,000	478,422,000	707,238,000
February 2008	631,050,000	20,286,000	439,530,000	660,114,000
January 2008	664,356,000	20,790,000	448,308,000	679,308,000
December 2007	636,762,000	8,904,000	442,470,000	674,352,000

Source: - Energy Information Administration