The experts reminded, at the end of FY 2017/18 production of ethanol in the country has also increased about 2 times, to 500 million liters against 234 million liters in the previous season.

As specified, the increased usage of corn in ethanol production in the country maintained a high level of investment in this sector, compared with investments in the processing of sugar cane. In this regard, on expectations of analysts of the Association, the consumption of corn in ethanol production in Brazil for 5 years may increase to 10 million tons of grain per year.

However, despite the rapid development of the industry for processing corn into ethanol, currently the main raw material for the production of these products in Brazil sugar cane from which to 2017/18 FY was produced 27 billion litres of biofuels.

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