PNA releases the direct sale of ethanol to service stations

The National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) concluded Thursday that there were no regulatory impediments to the direct sale of hydrated ethanol at service stations . The information was published as a result of the findings of a working group badyzing contributions received from different channel chains on the subject.

"No regulatory hurdles were found with respect to the badignment of direct ethanol sales from factories to resellers, thus leaving the issue."

The entity also recommended to authorize the sale after the resolution of the tax issue. The theme is dealt with by the Secretariat for the Monitoring of Taxation, Energy and Lotteries (Sefel), the Secretariat for the Promotion of Productivity and Competition Law (Seprac) and the Secretariat of the Brazilian Federal Income

of the Working Group

According to the ANP, 32 suggestions were received between August and September of this year. "Of the total number of statements submitted, 16 filed arguments against direct selling, 13 were in favor and three did not express a position," commented the entity in a paper.

The working group also pointed out that the publication of the direct sale of ethanol hydrated mills for resellers would not be an obligation on the part of the PNA, but only an alternative.

Understanding the Case

Representatives of the Northeast sugar cane industry advocate direct selling and claim that the tax issue can be adjusted to avoid any financial loss to the states. Renato Cunha, president of the Union of Sugar and Alcohol Industries in the state of Pernambuco, lists the benefits of direct negotiation between producers and service stations.

"We will have greater flexibility, greater logistical efficiency and a reduction in unpaid inventory." (19659010) Producers in the South-Central region, represented by the Union of the Industry of the sugar cane (Única), have a different positioning.The CEO, Elizabeth Farina, says that the burden of change is not taken into account and that distribution costs will not disappear with direct selling. "We will do everything this change so that the consumer at the cutting edge of technology gets a reduction of 8 cents if all this has actually pbaded through the production line? "So it seems to me that the benefits you are targeting are overestimated," he said. declared.

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