The chart below highlights U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) exports to Japan. According to data from the Japanese Ministry of Finance, U.S. DDGS sales to Japan in the month of August 2011 account for a 81 percent U.S. market share that totals 11,681 metric tons.

Accumulated volume of U.S. DDGS exports to Japan in 2011 (January-August) enjoyed a 93 percent U.S. market share with a total of 223,850 metric tons.

The U.S. Grains Council’s Japan office organized four DDGS seminars in September, specifically focused on total mix ration (TMR) for dairy and poultry feed.

The seminars attracted local livestock farmers and technical service researchers as well as feed manufacturers and wholesalers. Through these seminars and other USGC programs, the Council aims to expand the market of producers who independently mix feed ingredients by including the TMR feeding system, in addition to the market for compound feed manufacturing.