USGC promotes ethanol policy during motor show in South Korea

Spreading excellent news about U.S. ethanol via hands-on studying is a precedence for the U.S. Grains Council’s South Korea workplace.

Most just lately, the Council attended the Busan Worldwide Motor Present, the place Haksoo Kim, USGC director in South Korea, and Youngjin Lee, USGC administrative supervisor, operated a promotional sales space on behalf of the group. After the 2020 occasion was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the biennial occasion this yr featured 3,000 cubicles from 10 completely different international locations. The occasion is a chance for the Council’s Korea workplace to advocate for a renewable gasoline customary (RFS) in that nation and builds on participation earlier within the yr with the Indy 500 and the current Seoul Worldwide Symposium, Biofuels in a Local weather Disaster and Carbon Impartial Period.

“The Council’s participation within the Busan Worldwide Motor Present is to publicize to the brand new authorities and basic shoppers in Korea that the introduction of an ethanol RFS is essentially the most lifelike and rapid carbon-saving resolution to attain 2050 carbon neutrality,” Kim mentioned.

The Council’s sales space has change into a must-visit cease on the motor present, that includes a USGC-branded mannequin fuel pump highlighting ethanol use, an ethanol survey and toy automobile presents for youths. The sales space shines a highlight on the strengths of U.S. ethanol’s carbon neutrality, environmental enchancment capabilities and power safety. Based on the outcomes of an-ethanol centered survey, about 80 % of respondents imagine an ethanol RFS is important in Korea. The survey outcomes will likely be launched to the press shortly after the occasion to point out client help for the ethanol gasoline coverage.

“The Korea workplace will proceed to attempt to incorporate ethanol as one of many lifelike carbon discount options within the transportation sector to be confirmed by the Korean authorities in March subsequent yr via numerous applications and actions,” Kim mentioned.

To this point this advertising yr (September 2021-Might 2022), U.S. ethanol exports to Korea have totaled 147.5 million gallons, making the nation the second largest export marketplace for U.S. ethanol presently.