United States Department of Agriculture

Economic Impact Analysis Reports

A series of reports commissioned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) BioPreferred® Program for tracking the impact of the biobased product industry on the U.S. economy. Though these reports have been prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) BioPreferred® Program. The conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and have not been endorsed by the USDA.

  • CURRENT 2023 report release, An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry: 2023 Update (information page | full report (pdf))
  • July 2021 report, An Economic Impact Report Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry: 2019 Update (page | interactive map | pdf)
  • July 2019 report, An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry: 2018 Update (page | pdf)
  • October 2016 report, An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry: 2016 Update (page | pdf)
  • June 2015 report, An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry (pdf)
  • October 2014 report, Why Biobased? Opportunities in the Emerging Bioeconomy (pdf)