Instruction For Retailers Motor Fuel Gallons Annual Report - 2014 Page 3
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13 Clear Biodiesel Other
Dyed B2 (2% biodiesel)
Dyed B5 (5% biodiesel)
Dyed B10 (10% biodiesel)
Dyed B20 (20% biodiesel)
Dyed Biodiesel Other
Statistical Summary for 2014
The Department identified 2,593 potential retail locations at which motor fuel may have
been sold during 2014. Paper report forms were mailed to 1,547 locations identified
using Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship motor fuel license information
and the Department of Revenue motor fuel tax database. Electronic report files were e-
mailed to fifteen large motor fuel retailers with 1,046 locations.
The Department received either paper forms or electronic files representing 2,158
(83.2%) of the locations. Replies from 59 locations indicated that no retail sales of any
type of motor fuel were made during 2014. 2,099 locations reported retail motor fuel
sales. Of those 2,099 paper reporters eleven were out of state retailers and are not
included in this analysis. The analysis is based on the 2,088 Iowa retailers (see Table
1).
The response rate in 2014 is the lowest in the history of this report. The Department
mailed the reports in late December. However in mid-January, retailers began to call the
Department to inquire about when the reports were to be received. It became clear that
the original mailing was not widely delivered. The Department sent out a second mailing
that was unfortunately received around the time of the specified deadline. Directions
noted the need for the second mailing and asked retailers to return the report as soon
as possible. This glitch is likely the reason for the reduced compliance with completing
the report.
Of the reporting 2,088 Iowa retail locations, 1,983 (95.4%) reported selling E10 blend
motor fuel, 84 (4.0%) reported selling E15/E20, 209 (10.0%) reported selling E85, and
368 (17.6%) reported selling one or more of the various blends of biodiesel. Biofuel
sales by these locations are summarized below and in Table 1.
Gasoline Fuel Sales
During 2014, the reported amount of E10 gasoline sold equaled 1,269.7 million gallons,
the amount of E85 gasoline sold equaled 12.1 million gallons, and the amount of
E15/E20 gasoline equaled 4.0 million gallons. Combined, the three ethanol blends
represented 85.8% of total gasoline motor fuel sales during the year. 1,991 (96.7%) of
the 2,058 locations that sold gasoline motor fuels sold one or more ethanol blend.
Because over 16% of locations did not return their Retailers Motor Fuel Gallons Annual
Report to the Department for 2014, gallons from the Department’s Monthly Motor Fuel
Tax Reports were used to estimate the amount of underreporting of gasoline sales. The
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