The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) sent a letter last Friday to Ron Kirk, the U.S. Trade Representative, regarding U.S. ethanol exports to Brazil. The letter calls for a "more fair and free trade agreement between Brazil and the U.S. with respect to ethanol," so that the U.S. industry will not continue to "suffer unnecessarily from artificial barriers erected to protect the Brazilian fuel market." RFA specifically raises two issues as "unfair and discriminatory" toward U.S. ethanol exports:
Brazil's reduction of the ethanol blend from 25 percent to 18 percent; The imposition by Sao Paulo State of a 25 percent tariff on ethanol imports.
According to RFA, August and September imports from Brazil were the equivalent of annual p...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
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