(NAFB.com) – The Energy Information Administration said ethanol output fell week-to-week while inventories increased during the week that ended on October 24. Production of the biofuel declined to an average of 1.036 million barrels a day during the week, the agency said in a government report that hasn’t been affected so far by the government shutdown. In the Midwest, by far the largest-producing region of the country, output dropped to 1.036 million barrels a day, on average, from 1.051 million the week before. Gulf Coast production fell to 1.036 million barrels, the EIA said. East Coast production was unchanged at 12,000 barrels a day, and Rocky Mountain output was steady at 10,000 barrels a day. The West Coast was the lone gainer, rising to an average of 10,000 barrels a day. Ethanol inventories rose to 22.367 million barrels. The EIA said that’s up from 21.919 million barrels the previous week.
