Data published by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) and compiled by the Union of the Sugarcane Industry (UNICA) point to a reduction of 30.2% in fuel consumption, in equivalent gasoline, by the fleet of light vehicles in April when compared to the same period of the previous year. The registered volume of 3.12 billion liters represents the lowest monthly value since February 2010. In the accumulated from January to April, the consumption of fuels in the national market reached 15.66 billion liters, in equivalent gasoline, which represents a decrease of 10.0% in comparison with the same period of 2019. Due to the economic impacts caused by the pandemic of the new coronavirus, both the consumption of hydrated ethanol and gasoline presented a strong retraction in April, 33.6% and 28, 8% respectively. The volume of biofuel consumed amounted to just 1.2 billion liters and 2.27 billion liters related to fossil. In the evaluation by State, with the exception of Santa Catarina, which presented a 20% growth in hydrous consumption, all other federal units registered significant decreases in the volume of biofuel demanded. The data indicate that in the main states that consume renewable energy, the retraction in demand was 31.1%, varying from 23.2% in Mato Grosso to 34.8% in Paraná. With regard to C gasoline consumption, the retraction ranged from 8.4% in Mato Grosso to 38.4% in Amazonas. “The ANP data are aligned with the ethanol sales reported by the production units and reported by UNICA”, evaluates Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, technical director of the institution. In April, companies in the Center-South region sold 1.1 billion liters of hydrous fuel ethanol to distributors, a 37.8% drop in volume compared to April 2019.
Source: Universo Agro / Datagro