Data from the Energy Information Administration showed that ethanol production rebounded 16 percent to 1.11 million barrels a day during the week ending on February 6. That’s equivalent to 46.62 million gallons daily. Analysis from the Renewable Fuels Association showed output was 2.6 percent higher than the same week in 2025 and almost five percent above the three-year average for the week. Still, the four-week average ethanol production rate declined 1.9 percent to 1.08 million barrels a day, equivalent to an annualized rate of 16.52 billion gallons. Ethanol stocks edged up 0.4 percent to 25.2 million barrels. However, stocks were 1.7 percent less than the same week last year and 1.4 percent below the three-year average. Inventories were built across the East Coast and Rocky Mountains but thinned through the remaining regions. Ethanol exports scaled back by 36 percent to an estimated 137,000 barrels a day, which was a four-week low.
