Brazil reduces in the gasoline the ethanol increase proportion _New China international _New China net

    New China net Brasilia, January 11 – (by Chen Weihua Zhao Yan) the Brazilian government on 11th announced that because the biological ethanol output is insufficient, from February 1 in 90 days, in the Brazilian gas station ethanol gasoline fuel ethanol increase proportion from present 25% will drop 20%.

    Brazilian Minister of Agriculture Sitefa Ness said that because the main sugar cane production area rain water were pass many last year, causes 60 million tons sugar canes unable to harvest promptly, but the sugar cane is produces the biological ethanol the primary data. However he believes that after in April, the production condition in Brazilian Main Biology Ethanol Fuel Factory restores hopefully normally.

    Official Brazilian News agency pointed out in the report, reason that the government takes this temporary measure , because the worry biology ethanol output will cause the price to soar insufficient. After reducing the ethanol increase proportion, every month in the market will increase 100 million liters living thing ethanol supply, is equal to each kind of use ethanol gasoline fuel vehicles 7% consumption quantities.

    Brazil is only inferior to the US’s world second big biology ethanol producer country, at present in the Brazilian market sells 90% new cars installed have been able to use the ethanol gasoline fuel the engine.

    Data which according to the Brazilian nation sucrose and ethanol fuel producer association issued, in 2009 biological ethanol output in Brazil is 22.2 billion liters, falls 8.3% compared to the same period.

(Chief-editor: Zhang Minyan)