There is an obvious increase of the international groups coming to Brazil, interested in potential long-term investments.
The choice for ethanol as THE substitute for fossil fuels is attracting these investors to be in Brazil at an increasing rate.
At the DATAGRO congress there were at least 30 delegations from various destinations looking to learn and investigating present and projected production facilities.
The Brazilian sugar/alcohol industry is fragmented.
A level of processing of around 50 million tons of cane, the largest producer controlling only 5% of the market means that there are many opportunities for investment.
On the other hand, this producer’s output is equivalent to 5 times the sugar per year from Cuba.
