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Ethanol export uncertainties in 2025

The vice president of government affairs for the Renewable Fuels Association says there could be some uncertainty for ethanol exports this year.

Ed Hubbard says he’s concerned about the country’s trading relationships with Canada and Mexico amid ongoing tariff threats from the Trump administration. “It certainly makes us nervous. Mexico is our largest market for distillers grains and Canada is our largest market for ethanol exports by leaps and bounds.”

He tells Brownfield it will be important to maintain key markets in Latin America and Southeast Asia. “The Trump trade strategy, at least from the conversations we’ve heard, does provide some optimism as it relates to some of our challenges. We just don’t want to have to see some of our key markets disappear.”

Hubbard says a trade war could be problematic for the biofuels industry.

AUDIO: RFA’s Ed Hubbard on ethanol export uncertainty in 2025