Thailand seeks to relax ethanol export rules

In Thailand, the energy minister plans to meet with the excise department in order to relax ethanol export rules that will help to facilitate further trade. Domestic demand has fallen to 1 million liters per day from 1.3 million liters per day, against production capacity of 5 million liters per day, so the country’s 10 largest producers have been pushing the energy ministry to help them export more ethanol to compensate for the lack of demand.