According to a survey by the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANP), about 1.5 billion liters of hydrous ethanol were traded by distributors in May/2021, up 17.68% from May/2020 (1.3 billion liters). This is the second largest monthly volume of May in the historical series started in 2000, lower only than the volume sold in May 2019 (1.9 billion liters). In the first five months of this year, hydrous ethanol sales totaled 7.9 billion liters, up 3.90% from the same period in 2020 (7.6 billion liters). Ethanol imports (anhydrous and hydrous) totaled 15.1 million liters in May 2021, a drop of 64.91% when compared to May/20 (42.9 million liters). This was the second smallest amount imported for the months of May in the historical series started in 2012. The share of imports in total sales was 0.65% in May/21, a percentage lower than that registered in May/20 (2.21%) and Apr/21 (0.80%).
Source: Canal Rural (*Translated by Ia Niani)