據ICIS網站3月23日消息 美國燃料乙醇期貨周一再次跌至創紀錄低點，超過了此前的紀錄。

因對夏季駕駛季節未來的擔憂增加，4月乙醇期貨結算價為88.3美分/加侖。

由于洗手液需求增加，美國工業乙醇市場繼續收緊。

疫情已經使消毒劑的需求量大幅增長，導致生產商的生產壓力更大。

由于煙酒稅和貿易局（TTB）設立了豁免條款，允許某些酒精燃料許可證持有商出售工業乙醇用于生產洗手液，一些燃料乙醇生產商現在正轉而生產用于消毒的乙醇。

但是并非所有的燃料乙醇工廠都能轉移至工業生產，因為轉移程序也較為復雜。

王磊 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：

US ethanol futures hit another record low

US fuel ethanol futures fell again on Monday to record lows, surpassing the previous records.

Front month April ethanol futures settled at 88.3 cents/gal as concerns around the future of the summer driving season mount.

The US industrial ethanol market continues to tighten amid increased demand for hand sanitzers.

The coronavirus has made sanitzers and disinfectants in high demand, resulting in pressure from producers to produce more.

Some fuel ethanol producers are now switching to produce ethanol for sanitizers as the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) created exemptions allowing certain alcohol fuel permit holders to sell industrial ethanol for use in the production of hand sanitisers.

Although not all fuel ethanol plants are built to able to shift to industrial production and the ones that are can be complicated to transfer.