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02/08/10 - In Brazil, the national government indicated that it would cut gasoline taxes for a three month period to offset the impact of rising fuel prices after ethanol stocks fell int he wake of low sugarcane yields and falling ethanol stocks. The government said that it would cut the CIDE tax by $0.04 per liter($0.16 per gallon) and will reduce government revenues by $48.6 million over the three-month period. Brazil recently reduced minimum ethanol blending content from 25 to 20 percent.
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