Price Supports for Fuel Ethanol, Sugarcane, and Freight Charges: Alterations Stemming from Deregulation

Márcia Azanha Ferraz Dias de Moraes () and David Zilberman
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Márcia Azanha Ferraz Dias de Moraes: University of São Paulo

Chapter 6 in Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil, 2014, pp 65-68 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Hydrous ethanol was not competitive with gasoline on strictly economic terms, because, at the time of the creation of the Programa Nacional do Álcool (Proálcool, National Ethanol Program), in 1979, the cost of its production was higher than that of gasoline. Until October 1999, there was a price support mechanism in place, designed to make the use of hydrous ethanol more feasible, that subsidized producer prices. The resources for that support came from the collection of an add-on to the price of petroleum-based fuels (including diesel, which was important, because diesel-powered vehicles move most of the freight in the country and almost all urban public transport is also diesel-powered). Since 1999 there is no more price support for ethanol in Brazil.

Keywords: Ethanol Producer; Price Uniformity; Gasoline Price; Maximum Price; Price Support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03140-8_6

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