Latin American feedstock trends

12th November, 2007

Brazil is the leader in Latin American biofuels and has created an integrated government-agriculture-petrol model that is spawning new government and market initiatives from Argentina, Colombia, central America and the Caribbean.

In Latin America, the key trends in national and international biofuels initiatives are primarily in feedstock growth, biofuels production, trade and exports. The first major trend in Latin America is government oriented, countryspecific growth targets for national markets and international trade. Many countries are now following the Brazilian model and establishing National Biofuel Plans with key targets aimed at energy independence, biofuels production growth, replacement of petrol transport fuels with biofuels, and expansion plans generating investment in new feedstocks, biofuels production plants and export-related facilities.

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