US renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel exports averaged nearly 50,000 barrels per day in H2 of 2025, the US Energy Information Administration said Thursday.
Overseas shipments accounted for about one-fifth of total US renewable diesel and SAF production during this period, with Canada receiving more than half of the exports and the Netherlands taking roughly one-third.
The EIA introduced renewable diesel export tracking in its March 2025 Petroleum Supply Monthly to improve visibility into regional trends in renewable fuel consumption across the US.
The agency derives renewable diesel consumption estimates from refinery and blender net inputs, along with product-supplied calculations that include production, imports, inventories, and exports.
Before export tracking began, renewable diesel consumption estimates appeared significantly higher because exported barrels were included in product-supplied data, the EIA said.
The US Census Bureau tracks renewable diesel exports under Harmonized Tariff Schedule code 2710.19.4550, which also includes shipments of sustainable aviation fuel.
Other biofuels tracked by the EIA include renewable heating oil, renewable naphtha, renewable propane, renewable gasoline, and additional fuels produced alongside renewable diesel and SAF.
Plants producing renewable diesel and SAF also generate other biofuels as byproducts, and combining those export volumes provides a more accurate measure of total renewable fuel exports.
The US exported about 20% of renewable diesel and other biofuels production in H2 of 2025, exceeding export shares for fuel ethanol at 13% and biodiesel at 7%.
Canada received slightly more than half of US renewable diesel exports during the period, while the Netherlands accounted for about one-third of shipments, and most remaining volumes moved to other European markets.
US Gulf Coast and West Coast terminals handled most renewable diesel exports in H2 of last year, with cargoes primarily moving to European markets and smaller volumes shipped to Canada.
Exports from the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions accounted for a smaller share of total shipments, though all those barrels moved into Canada, the EIA said.
US exports of renewable diesel and other biofuels average 35,000 b/d in the first two months of 2026 from almost 50,000 b/d in H2 of 2025 as producers idled capacity while awaiting final Renewable Fuel Standard blending targets released on Mar. 27, the agency said.