Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80846

Biofuels: Imports

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal DemocratWest Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of US bioethanol imports on (a) animal feed prices and (b) UK producers.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra continue to monitor potential impacts on feed prices and the wider food sector from the recent changes. By-products of the bioethanol process are used in the agri-food sector. These include Distillers’ Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) which is used...

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