Average prices for hydrous ethanol fell in 13 states and the Federal District last week, which ended on Saturday (14). In nine other states, prices rose.
In Acre there was no calculation in the previous week (until the 7th) for comparison purposes. In Amapá there was no calculation last week, while in Ceará and Rio Grande do Sul prices remained unchanged in the period (R$ 4.57 and R$ 4.76 per litre, respectively).
The survey is by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) compiled by AE-Taxas. In stations surveyed by the ANP across the country, the average price of ethanol fell 1.75% in the week compared to the previous week, from R$ 4.01 to R$ 3.94 per liter.
In São Paulo, the main producing and consuming state and with the most gas stations evaluated, the average quotation fell 2.28% in the week, from R$ 3.94 to R$ 3.85. Goiás recorded the biggest percentage drop in prices in the week, 5.05%, from R$ 3.96 to R$ 3.760. Sergipe was the state with the biggest increase in prices in the week, 4.30%, from R$ 3.95 to R$ 4.12 per liter.
The minimum price recorded in the week for ethanol at a gas station was R$ 3.28 per liter, in São Paulo, and the highest state price, R$ 6.37, was registered in Rio Grande do Sul. The lowest state average price, R$ 3.61, was observed in Mato Grosso, while the highest average price was registered in Roraima, with R$ 4.87 per liter.
In the monthly comparison, the average price of biofuel in the country rose 2.60%. The state with the highest percentage increase in the period was Sergipe, with a 14.44% increase in the period, from R$ 3.60 to R$ 4.12 per liter.
The biggest percentage drop occurred in Mato Grosso (-2.43%), from R$ 3.70 to R$ 3.61.
Competitiveness
Ethanol was not competitive with gasoline in any of the 26 states or in the Federal District, last week, which ended on Saturday, the 14th.
According to a survey by the ANP compiled by AE-Taxas, referring to last week, in the average of the surveyed stations in the country, ethanol is at a parity of 78.17% against gasoline, therefore unfavorable in comparison with the oil derivative.
Industry executives observe that ethanol can be competitive even with a parity greater than 70%, depending on the vehicle in which the biofuel is used.
Source: CNN Brasil
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