Imports of undenatured ethanol into the EU fell by 15pc on the month and by 12pc on the year in May.
The price of average 75pc greenhouse gas (GHG)-saving crop-based ethanol fell from a high of €966/m³ on 1 May to €727/m³ on 29 May.
- The US held its position as the EU's largest undenatured ethanol supplier (see table), although the total amount supplied was down by 31pc on the previous month at 19,906t. But imports from the US were more than double on the year.
- Paraguay and Canada rounded out the top three, pushing out April's second and third largest suppliers, Peru and Guatemala.
- The Netherlands remained the EU's largest importer of undenatured ethanol with 50,002t. This is down by 34pc on the month, and by 29pc on the year.
- France stayed as the EU's second largest importer with 14,714t, which is 47pc higher than in April. Italy rose to become the third largest importer.
- UK imports of undenatured ethanol rose by more than 50,185t to 86,818t in May, with just over 95pc of that coming from the US.
| EU-27 ethanol imports from outside EU | t | |||||||
| May 26 | Apr 26 | ±% mth/mth | May 25 | ±% yr/yr | YTD | YTD 2025 | ±% YTD | |
| Imports by origin | ||||||||
| US | 19,906 | 28,839 | -31 | 8,516 | 134 | 94,458 | 64,099 | 47 |
| Paraguay | 11,851 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 11,858 | n/a | n/a |
| Canada | 11,171 | 12,756 | -12 | 9,491 | 18 | 56,726 | 47,313 | 20 |
| Other origins | 55,217 | 74,494 | -26 | 92,937 | -41 | 275,239 | 358,913 | -23 |
| Imports by destination | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 50,002 | 75,588 | -34 | 70,395 | -29 | 273,220 | 244,405 | 12 |
| France | 14,714 | 9,981 | 47 | 6,548 | 125 | 38,329 | 41,517 | -8 |
| Italy | 6,822 | 3,957 | 72 | 9,480 | -28 | 19,091 | 36,185 | -47 |
| Other destinations | 26,607 | 26,564 | 0 | 24,522 | 9 | 107,642 | 148,218 | -27 |
| Total | 98,145 | 116,090 | -15 | 110,944 | -12 | 438,282 | 470,325 | -7 |
| — GTT | ||||||||
