The sugar sector is in its best moment, since today president Cristina Kirchner will sign new regulation ordinances of law 26.093 that foresees incentives for the bioethanol production. The norm, that wants to promote the biofuels, was promulgated more than two years ago, during the government of Néstor Kirchner, and it established that, starting from 2010, the naphthas and the gasoil will have to be cut with at least 5% of ethanol and biodiesel. Â

The biodiesel is elaborated mainly based on the soya, while the ethanol is produced starting from the corn, sorghum or sugarcane. The new regulations will give more security to the sugar sector, since it will define the price of the product, the quality standards, the rules for the presentation of industrial plants projects and the safety regulations of these. Leer más »