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QUICK FACTS:
Goiás:
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Ranked 3rd in ethanol production
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By 2010, expected to rank #2. |
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2007/8 Crop: 21.06 mmt,
4.43% of national total of 475 mmt |
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Tax on ethanol lowered from 26% to 15% 1
May, which will make Goiás one of the most competitive ethanol producing
states in Brazil. |
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About 30% of harvest is
mechanized. |
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15 Sugar/Ethanol plants operating |
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51 projected plants
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There are 19 producing
sugar mills in the State of Goiás, 10 under construction four of which
will be online for the next harvest. By 2015 Goiás is expected to have
from 80-90 sugar/ethanol mills.
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INFO LINKS:
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Numbers:
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Area planted:
257,000 ha ( 616,000 ac) up 47% |
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Land rented out
at 10.41mt p/ha or R$437.50 ha (US$81 p/ac) |
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Sugarcane production p/ha:
65 - 80 mt |
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