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Brazil
Global Commerce organized an Ethanol Mission to Brazil, which succeeded in establishing in the minds of Brazilian business and academic leaders that Georgia has unique assets with regard to ethanol production and logistics. First, Georgia has existing timber feedstock from which cellulosic ethanol could likely be made in large quantities. Second, Georgia is the distribution center of the Southeast and has the Port of Savannah which can serve as a key entry point for ethanol produced abroad as in Brazil. The quality of the mission participants cemented in the minds of Brazilian business and academic leaders that Georgia has the intellectual talent and seriousness of purpose necessary for a productive cooperative effort.
Click on the following city names to get more information on visits to each city:
While in Sao Paulo, the delegation met with the Secretary for Economic Development for the State of Sao Paulo as well as FIESP, the Federation of the Industries of the state of Sao Paulo, an industrial entity with 127 industrial associations within its partnership. These meetings gave the delegation a better understanding of the current status of biofuel in Brazil. Several members of the delegation also met with potential prospects.
The delegation had the opportunity to meet with leading researchers of forestry products used in biofuels at the Escola Superior Agronomia Luiz de Queiroz, Universitdade de Sao Paulo as well as participate in a technical visit to the Usina Costa Pinto in Ribeirao Preto.
A technical visit of the Port of Santos was provided by the Port Authority, which included a boat tour of the port facilities. The delegation attended a networking reception with local companies before departing Santos.
NIPE, a strategic think tank located in Campinas, conducted a briefing for the delegation on the background, present and future trends of cellulose ethanol.
For more information on the Ethanol Mission to Brazil, click here for the full report
