ETBE made with US ethanol arrives in Japan

ETBE made with US ethanol arrives in Japan

The first shipment of ETBE made with US corn-based ethanol arrived in Japan last week.

Ryan LeGrand, the president and CEO of the U.S. Grains Council, says the arrival of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) made with US ethanol is a milestone in market development efforts.

“Historically only Brazilian ethanol was only allowed to be combined into that oxygenate (for fuel blending), and the U.S. convinced the Japanese government to allow U.S.

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