4th Annual Conference –
Last year 400 senior executives from over 30 countries attended.

No other country matches Brazil in its potential for expansion and low cost of production, and it is very likely that  Brazil will maintain its dominance of the world‘s sugar and ethanol markets in the foreseeable future. Given the world's rising dependency on sugarcane products from Brazil and its flexibility in the production of  either sugar or ethanol, it has become one of the major determinants of world market prices.  In 2007/08 more than 55% of the cane crop was processed into ethanol, the highest level in the new millennium. For the first time for several years sugar production fell as a consquence of a strong domestic ethanol market, but this is likely to change in 2008/09. The demise of the European Union as a major exporter of white sugar and the expected downturn in production in India will lead to new opportunities for Brazil.  

In the fuel alcohol market Brazil will continue to concentrate on the domestic market where the growing  popularity of flex-fuel vehicles and moderate prices will boost consumption at an unprecedented rate.  To satisfy future demand the  industry has embarked on an ambitious billion dollar expansion programme, and despite recent weakness in the world's sugar and ethanol markets it is likely that most of these new projects will go ahead as planned, which will reinforce  Brazil's postion as a cost leader in both products.

This timely international conference will provide an expert analysis of the Brazilian sugar and alcohol industry, bringing together a distinguished speaker panel for  F.O. Licht's 4th Sugar and Ethanol Brazil Conference. Last year it attracted over 400 delegates, so join us in São Paulo for this unique industry meeting and network with senior executives from around the world.