AreaBrazil

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityMaize

Date04/08/2017

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionLaunched the country’s first maize-based ethanol processing plant in Mato Grosso. The plant will produce about 240 million litres of ethanol from maize each year, along with 6 200 tonnes of maize oil and 60 000 megawatts of power.