It'll be nice to have all that Brazilian ethanol coming into the country.

Brazilian ethanol producers argue for removal of the tariff.

Shell said in February that it would team with Brazilian ethanol and sugar giant Cosan.

The United States is often the largest destination for Brazilian ethanol exports, via processing plants in the Caribbean.

Several deals in the last few months boosted the market share of foreign groups in the Brazilian ethanol sector.

Made from sugarcane, Brazilian ethanol is in tight supply, with domestic demand growing more than 15 percent a year.

Japan is a top buyer of Brazilian ethanol but most of the product is for industrial uses, not fuel.

The heavy tariffs on Brazilian ethanol are about to come tumbling down, to the sure displeasure of certain corn-state lawmakers.

The facilities often process Brazilian ethanol bound for the United States, letting Brazil sidestep the U.S. tariff through regional trade pacts.

Brazilian ethanol producers are upset the United States still levies a 54 cent import tariff on each gallon of exported Brazilian ethanol.

Brazilian ethanol exports in 2009 slipped to 3.3 billion liters despite extremely low prices on the Brazilian market.

Companies that import Brazilian ethanol can collect the D5 RINs when they blend it with regular fuel, improving the economics of the trade.

Japan wants to increase domestic ethanol production from rice biomass as it has surplus land and wants to compete with cheap Brazilian ethanol.

Lower Brazilian ethanol exports this season coincided with an increase in production in the United States and Europe, said Plinio Nastari, president at Datagro consultants.

Earlier this month, Swiss-based commodities trader Glencore GLEN.UL bought a stake in Brazilian ethanol plant Rio Vermelho, its first ever investment in the cane sector.

The EPA estimated in February that 666 million gallons of Brazilian ethanol would be needed to meet its 2013 goal.