Ethanol Trade Mission to Canada Strengthens U.S. Grain Industry Ties

Earlier this month, a美国谷物委员会的(USGC’s) team conducted a trade mission to Ottawa, Canada, to encourage continuedethanol policy developmentat national and provincial levels to immediately decarbonize transportation and help meet the country’s climate ambitions.

团队中的那些包括全球乙醇出口开发总监Mackenzie Boubin，全球乙醇政策和经济学经理Isabelle Ausdal和Mike Lorenz，Mike Lorenz，Make Lorenz生长能量。

与加拿大建立关系

As a result of the mission, the USGC continues to build ties with the Canadian market and maintain close relationships with the Canadian industry and individual policy drivers.

The U.S. ethanol industry has submitted comments on the draft Canadian Fuel Standard (CFS) and Quebec’s E15 regulations and is in contact with the Canadian government and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA’s FAS) in Canada to advocate for the expanded use and fair treatment of U.S. ethanol under new regulations.

“Canada has a strong domestic ethanol industry and a longstanding history of ethanol trade with the U.S.," Ausdal said..

“降低排放的斗争是两国的重中之重，并且需要一系列选择。双方都知道，运输部门的脱碳需要清洁的燃料混合，并且所有可用的解决方案都涉及。”

As a result of USGC's efforts, the Canadian government announced that carbon capture and sequestration (CCUS) would count toward the carbon intensity (CI) reduction of U.S. biofuels, and the government has engaged with U.S. industry on the implications of new land use and biodiversity (LUB) criteria. This direct cooperation between the U.S. and Canada will allow for the enhanced free trade of biofuels.

使美国和加拿大的乙醇利益对齐

While in Ottawa, USGC joined Renewable Industries Canada (RICanada) representatives to demonstrate alignment with ethanol’s increased use and uptake.

自2010年以来，加拿大一直是美国最稳定的乙醇出口合作伙伴，平均每年约3.3亿加仑。在上一个营销年度，出口总计近3.5亿加仑，价值7.84亿美元。

自2010年以来，乙醇在加拿大的生物燃料政策中发挥了关键作用，目前的国家乙醇混合率为5％。

Provincial mandates increase biofuel demand

To increase this average, Canada is drafting a CFS that will be implemented in 2023 to increase blending of biofuels and reduce overall CI of the fuel pool. Final CFS regulations are now expected to be published in late July 2022.

尽管CFS正在开发中，但省级任务是生物燃料需求的主要驱动力。

Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia have adopted or are in the process of adopting policies requiring the use of low-carbon fuels, including minimum blending standards for ethanol.

奥斯达尔说：“加拿大的CFS是为生物燃料提供需求信号的强大政策。”

“联合ned with ambitious provincial greenhouse gas reduction goals, it is a great case study on complementary policies working together to increase national blending of ethanol successfully."

—饲料和谷物人员