Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: FTC Report Concludes U.S. Ethanol Market Remains Unconcentrated, (Nov 20, 2012)

According to an FTC report on the state of U.S. ethanol production, the market for ethanol fuel in the United States remains unconcentrated, with 154 firms nationwide either producing ethanol or likely to be in production in the next 12 to 18 months. The FTC report, announced on November 20, is the agency’s eighth annual report on ethanol market concentration.

FTC staff concluded that as of September 2012, there were 10 fewer ethanol producers in the United States than at the time of the FTC’s 2011 report on U.S. ethanol production. The largest ethanol producer’s share of capacity decreased slightly to 11.1 percent of domestic ethanol production capacity – below the 11.5 percent share in 2011.

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