Wholesale price of 156.9 c/L for fuel ethanol from 1 September 2025
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has determined a reasonable wholesale price for fuel ethanol from 1 September 2025 of 156.9 cents per litre.
We set the ethanol price based on what it would cost retailers if they bought wholesale ethanol from overseas. It is based on a 9-month average of weekly import parity price estimates based on the lowest cost origin for ethanol from either the US or Brazil.
The September 2025 determined price of 156.9 cents per litre is 0.4 cents or 0.3% higher than the previous period. The rise in the price in September is primarily attributed to higher fuel excise rates and increased origin country freight costs. The origin country freight cost was higher as local transport in the US tends to be more costly, and the fuel excise rates are indexed based on the upward movement of the consumer price index. The increases were largely offset by a reduction in the international sea freight costs from the US.