Tianjin to implement E10 by end-September

In China, Reuters reports that the City of Tianjin is the first to announce it will implement the 10% ethanol blend set for 2020 nationwide by the end of September. The city of around 15 million people will require 260,000 metric tons of ethanol annually to supply the blend from around 780,000 tons of corn. Domestic ethanol producers are ramping up production in order to supply the fresh demand nationwide but imports will be necessary for the first several years until local production catches up.