Export Exchange in Seattle draws grain buyers from more than 50 countries
More than 400 international buyers and end-users from over 50 countries arrived in Seattle for Export Exchange 2026, co-sponsored by the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council, Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association. The council said they were expected to meet nearly 300 U.S. suppliers and service providers.
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The event focuses on products including corn, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), sorghum and barley. The council organized 20 trade teams; 13 arrived before the conference and visited corn-growing states, DDGS production at ethanol plants and port facilities. The remaining seven are scheduled for post-conference tours.
Council chairman Jay Reiners is also due to sign a memorandum of understanding with BioPower Energy, which plans an integrated biorefinery in the United Arab Emirates. The council said the memorandum will record BioPower’s intention to source 50% to 100% of its feedstock needs from U.S. suppliers. It describes an intention, not a purchase commitment or completed sale.
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Event participation and trade teams
Export Exchange 2026, Seattle; announcement of October 15, 2026
- International buyers and end-users
- ≥400 count
- 2026-10-15 · Estimate
- Participating countries
- ≥50 count
- 2026-10-15 · Estimate
- U.S. suppliers and service providers
- ≈300 count
- 2026-10-15 · Estimate
- Trade teams
- 20 count
- 2026-10-15 · Observed
- Teams on pre-conference tours
- 13 count
- 2026-10-15 · Observed
- Teams scheduled for post-conference tours
- 7 count
- 2026-10-15 · Target
- Lower bound of BioPower’s intended U.S.-sourced feedstock share
- ≥50 %
- 2026-10-15 · Target
- Upper bound of BioPower’s intended U.S.-sourced feedstock share
- ≤100 %
- 2026-10-15 · Target
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Buyer, country and team counts and the supplier estimate are transcribed from the organizing council’s October 15 release. “More than” is marked as a lower bound and “nearly” as approximate. BioPower’s 50%–100% range is only an intended feedstock sourcing share, not completed procurement.
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