Biofuels: Ethanol producers look to cash in on US need

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Back to ethanol issues......Brazil is the largest producer of ethanol next to the US.  But, their production is based on sugar cane, not corn.  Last year, Brazil suffered climate issues like we are experiencing due to the severe drought in the corn belt states.  However, Brazil is having a good year with sugar cane this year and is likely to export ethanol to the US.   Here's an article about Brazil's ethanol :

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Biofuels: Ethanol producers look to cash in on US need
By Joe Leahy

In the volatile world of US-Brazilian ethanol trade relations, what a difference a couple of seasons makes.
Last year, the talk was all about how the US, traditionally an importer of ethanol, was exporting significant amounts of the fuel to Brazil for the first time, thanks to seasonal and regulatory issues in Latin America’s largest economy.
Now, with a drought ravaging US corn producers, the shoe is on the other foot. Brazil’s renewable energy industry has another opportunity to take the initiative and try to gain market share in the US. But is the world’s second-largest exporter of ethanol in a position to seize the moment?
“It is a very big change – just earlier this year, we were expecting Brazil to import corn ethanol,” says Toby Cohen, director of Czarnikow, the sugar merchant.

(Read full article here:  http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ace68144-f8d4-11e1-8d92-00144feabdc0.html#axzz26EHXifxL