The assessment comes after the Minister of Mines and Energy stated this week that the government wants to increase the ethanol blend in gasoline to 32%.
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An eventual confirmation of the Brazilian government's intention to raise the anhydrous ethanol blend in gasoline from 30% to 32% still in this first half of the year would come at an opportune moment, as the industry is on the path to a record production. Although the center-south sugarcane crop 2026/27 has started at the beginning of this month, the sector would have time to adjust the raw material "mix" — also used for sugar — and produce even larger volumes of the biofuel, according to industry associations and experts. The assessment comes after the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, stated this week that the government wants to increase the ethanol blend in gasoline to 32% still in the first half. The announcement was made at a time when Brazil faces challenges in the area of petroleum-derived fuels due to the price increase resulting from the war in Iran. "It's a great time for this decision now, because we are at the beginning of the crop... the mills are at ...