Anhydrous ethanol stocks in Brazil's Center-South region as of August 16 stood at 2.75 billion liters, up 16% from very same duration in 2015 and likewise up 16% from 2 weeks prior, information from the Agriculture Ministry revealed Tuesday.
The total quantity includes ethanol for fuel as well as industrial usage.
Nearly 100% of Brazilian ethanol is created from the feedstock walking cane. The 2016-17 sugarcane period in the crucial Center-South area started April 1. The total ethanol manufacturing consists of anhydrous and also hydrous, for both fuel as well as commercial usage.
Most of the volume of anhydrous is used to mix with gasoline at a percentage of 27%, according to the country's current blend mandate, while the hydrous is used in flex-fuel cars.
Owners of flex-fuel lorries have the alternative to pick the gas at pump, typically picking the most inexpensive option. Hydrous is affordable at the pump when its rate goes to a lot of 70% of the price of gasoline, due to its power content.
Given that ethanol production began this season via August 16, anhydrous manufacturing totaled up to 6 billion liters, up virtually 17% on year, data from market association UNICA revealed Tuesday.
Anhydrous production has been preferred as opposed to hydrous as a result of reduced demand for the biofuel hydrous in the domestic market. Reduced need for hydrous translates into greater need for its competitor fuel, which is combined with anhydrous.
Hydrous ex-works rates as well as, as a result, those at pump have been higher this year in the middle of greater sugar rates in both domestic and export markets.
Hydrous inventories since August 16 completed nearly 3.1 billion liters, down 7% year on year, data from ministry revealed.
Cumulative hydrous manufacturing this season was down 3% year on year at 8.7 billion litres as of August 16, UNICA information revealed.
On the demand side, anhydrous sales to the residential market in the first 7 months of the year were up 5% year on year at 4.8 billion litres in the Center-South, recent data from the National Oil Firm (ANP) revealed.
silicone additives , by comparison, was down 13% year on year at 7.9 billion liters.