Cosan to export ethanol to Japan
Brazil’s largest producer of sugar and ethanol Cosan has signed a three-year contract with Mitsubishi to export bioethanol to the Japanese market starting in 2010.
Cosan will ship around 80,000 kl of bioethanol a year, reports say. Mitsubishi will the import it as the raw material for making ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), a petroladditive used for production of biopetrol.
Brazilian-made ethanol is usually processed into ETBE first and then shipped to Japan.
Cosan exports around 20% of its yearly bioethanol output, mostly to Europe and the US.
Until now Cosan’s business with Asia has been limited to shipments of bioethanol for use as an industrial fuel.
Cosan will ship around 80,000 kl of bioethanol a year, reports say. Mitsubishi will the import it as the raw material for making ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), a petroladditive used for production of biopetrol.
Brazilian-made ethanol is usually processed into ETBE first and then shipped to Japan.
Cosan exports around 20% of its yearly bioethanol output, mostly to Europe and the US.
Until now Cosan’s business with Asia has been limited to shipments of bioethanol for use as an industrial fuel.
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