2023 ANNUAL REPORT

U.S. malting company and craft brewery in Taiwan connected to successfully produce an all-U.S.-ingredient craft beer that’s introduced at the 2023 U.S.-Taiwan Beer Festival.

South Korea remained the fourth-largest market for U.S. barley and barley products in MY2022/23 with exports totaling 6,101 MT, a 65 percent increase from MY2021/22.

Major brewer in Mexico directly contracts with U.S. partner, creating what hopes to be a long-lasting partnership between the two moving forward.

The 2023/2024 crop’s incredible volume allows the United States to remain the world’s leading corn exporter, accounting for an estimated 26.4 percent of global corn exports.

Council’s work in Mexico helps mitigate grain quality deterioration due to non-optimal storage practices through storage management trainings and grain bin monitoring.

New study finds that lower feed conversion rates in the poultry fed U.S. corn, compared to Argentinian and Brazilian, translates to significant long-term cost savings.

Introducing U.S. DDGS producers and exporters to the Turkish market, trials and educational opportunities for Turkish industry leaders, pays dividends so far.

During marketing year (MY) 2022/23, record exports of U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to Colombia, Ecuador and Honduras were seen.

In Mexico and across Southeast Asia, the Council’s offices are working to increase U.S. DDGS exports, focusing on the potential for its use in the diets of ruminants.

In 2023, U.S. ethanol exports to Colombia experienced a substantial surge, overcoming the Colombian government's decision in March to extend the CVD for an additional five years.

Working in collaboration with USDA FAS/Japan and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Council helped U.S. ethanol gain full access to the Japanese fuel ethanol market.

Following the finalization of its Clean Fuel Regulations, Canada continued its strong hold as the top market for U.S. ethanol in the 2022/23 marketing year, setting records.

The weeks following the Council’s China-focused sorghum programming, including Export Sorghum, saw immediate increases in sorghum export figures.

Growing demand across Latin America for high quality pet food lends promise to U.S. sorghum’s future as a staple ingredient in a rapidly expanding and increasingly lucrative industry.

USGC delegation met with leaders in the Vietnamese flour milling industry, feed grain space and explored opportunities for sorghum inclusion in Southeast Asia’s growing pet food industry.

The Council’s offices around the world have continued to focus on the growing market for distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in the aquaculture sector.

As the Council’s sustainability program and its tools enter their second year of operation, the focus will continue to be on achieving awareness, recognition and driving the adoption of the tools.

Global Ethanol Summit 2023 brought together more than 350 attendees from more than 40 countries to learn about the benefits of globally expanding the use of biofuels.

In a country where the Council has had a presence for decades, the organization held its official ribbon-cutting ceremony in India to mark the opening of its office there.

U.S. corn is superior for the wet milling process due to its genetic and compositional qualities, resulting in higher starch yields and profitability than corn from other origins.