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Brazil Ag -- and Biofuel -- Powerhouse

24 June 2004

Brazil has become the world’s largest exporter of soybeans, and leads in the export of agricultural products including sugar, coffee and orange juice. It is also becoming a major influencer in biofuels. Brazil is the world’s largest ethanol producer and runs most of its autos on ethanol made from its sugar cane (rather than corn in the US).

As posted earlier, Cargill is trying to avoid ethanol tariffs by doing a two-stage import of ethanol from Brazil through El Salvador, much to the concern of corn farmers in the US. Brazilian ethanol costs approximately half as much to produce as US ethanol.

Brazil and China are exploring much closer ties around ethanol and biodiesel.

“We intend not only to use Guandong as a port of entrance for Brazilian products but also to look into the exchange of technology in the segment and to draw up logistics partnerships, such as in the São Paulo railroads and ports,” said [Antônio Duarte] Nogueira [the São Paulo state Agriculture secretary].

Australia is in talks with Brazil to create a joint venture to provide ethanol to Japan.

Brazil and Germany are negotiating a 2% ethanol component to German fuel, with a view to creating a larger European market.

Brazil has a target of selling 3 billion liters to the EU. “In order to do that, however, we’d have to create a market that doesn’t yet exist in Europe,” said Maraio Mugnani, the secretary of Brazil’s Chamber of Foreign Trade.

Interestingly, Brazil has the second largest reserves of petroleum in South America, behind Venezuela. Brazil is also the largest energy consumer in South America, and third only to the US and Canada in the Western Hemisphere.

Although Brazil’s carbon emissions are fairly significant in the region, carbon intensity, the amount of carbon emitted per dollar of GDP, is comparatively low.

One reason for the comparatively lower carbon intensity in Brazil is the significant use of hydropower in the energy mix, as well as the use of biofuels and other forms of renewable energy. One prominent biofuel in the Brazilian economy is ethanol. The ethanol program was initiated partially in response to the oil shock of 1973, and partly as an alternative to oil to promote self-sufficiency. The ethanol program also has been one of Brazil's strategies to mitigate the environmental effects of rapid urbanization.

Something to export from Brazil besides biofuel.

June 24, 2004 in Fuels, Policy | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack (0)

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Dear sir / Madam

We are looking for the Manufacture / Exporters of the BioDiesel / Bio Fuel / ethanol fuel from the sugar cane.
If you can export send us t information about your factory, information about this product / target production per month / packing / specifications, and your offer.
Reg.
Alanka for commercial Marketing Co.
Tel:+962795617285
Fax :+96253972400
Po box 151114 zarka 13115 JORDAN
( phovet@yahoo.com)

Posted by: wanted :BioDiesel / Bio Fuel / ethanol fuel from the sugar cane. | September 07, 2005 at 03:32 AM

Dear sir / Madam

Posted by: wanted :BioDiesel / Bio Fuel / ethanol fuel from the sugar cane. | September 07, 2005 at 03:33 AM

I am very interested on this bio fuel because, as we all know petroleum get very expensive. I am living here in Madagascar, we are a poor country then this increasing price of petrolum affect us much more than other country. In addition to that, we have sugar cane here.In order to resolve one of all the problemes of poor country, I think that this bio fuel will help us through our development in being energy independent.

I will be very glad to know about how much is the car and how it works in general.

Thank you for your answer.

Posted by: Razafimahazo Rado | October 06, 2005 at 04:19 AM

We are looking for technology provider of ethanol production from suger cane . Please send information to the address lilianur@netvision.net.il

Posted by: uri | November 28, 2005 at 01:01 PM

Good sign from Bush's comment from his State of Union Address that he will increase research in batteries for hybrid and electric cars and pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen and ramp up investment in ethanol research in a bid to make a new type of ethanol available in six years.

Fiji Sugar Corporation has just made a small profit after many years of losses so hopefully they can now think of following Brazil's model of ethanol production and use the States Research for our advantage

Posted by: George | February 01, 2006 at 02:38 AM

Hello, Im looking for investors to open an Ethanol plant, Location: To be disclosed.

Please Email me at jrsconsulting.johnie@gmail.com

Please only seriouse Investor's.

Thanks
RS

Posted by: Johnie | February 21, 2006 at 09:07 PM

I am Shirley, from Beijing trade company. we are very interested in the biofuel and seeking techonology of provider of biofuel production from sugar cane or other plants for it is known to all that China has been consuming petroleum largely and China is a country of agriculture and it will be on the increase so we are very confident that the biofuel technology will have great potential in China in the years ahead.Please send us more detailes to Jinnengshidai@vip163.com. thank you so much in advance!

Posted by: shirleyma | April 17, 2006 at 11:53 PM

Dear Sirs,
We are a group of sugar farmers in Brazil that are looking for an investor who would be interested in constructing an Ethanol plant here in Brazil.
We can assure favourable government insentives and cheap ,local labor force as well as a strong internal Ethanol market
In the first instance please contact us by e mail.
we look forward to hearing from serious investors only please.
Joseph.A.Green
Director
Green Enterprises Ltda
Brazil

Posted by: Mr Joseph Green | May 22, 2006 at 10:28 AM

Dear Sir,
I am the CEO of a Privet Limited Company of Bangladesh.
We have a lot of Suger cane in our country, So I am very much interested to setup a plant for Ethanol as the Bio-fuel. Please send me the assistance and technical detail for that.How whould be the cost of a small size industry.
Thanks
Nurul Islam
Managing Director
CACTS LTD.
Tel: 8802-8123748,
Cell: 01711534197

Posted by: NURUL ISLAM | September 03, 2006 at 12:08 AM

dear sir,

we are looking for a technology to build an ethanol plant in malaysia.plse provide us detail.

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Posted by: biagra | July 25, 2007 at 07:32 AM

we want detalis of ethonal car eng pls send detalis

Posted by: BAKUL KADAKIA | November 08, 2007 at 02:32 AM

i want to know more about countries that are using biofuels

Posted by: rarz | November 05, 2008 at 06:50 PM