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UNICA says 4th of July is the right time to end ethanol tariffs

Posted on July 03, 2008

Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, South/Latin America, USAFourth of July equals fireworks, parades and, if the Brazilian sugarcane growers - represented by UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association - get their way, a reduced or eliminated ethanol import tariff. UNICA is calling on the U.S. Congress to eliminate the 54-cent tariff on each imported gallon of ethanol. Doing so, they argue, would reduce the cost of using cars for U.S. drivers as UNICA's Are We There Yet? campaign will try to prove. After all, UNICA says, the ethanol tariff is a relic from 1980 and was never...

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