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SAO PAULO, July 16 (Reuters) – \u2060Brazil’s \u2060ethanol and sugar producers on \u2060Thursday despaired at the imposition of new 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods \u200bby the U.S. government, lamenting a rollback in cooperation between the two countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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According to the Union of the \u200cSugarcane and Bioenergy Industry (UNICA), the U.S. \u200caccounted for 253 million liters of ethanol exports in 2025, worth $163 million, making the North American \u2060country the sector’s \u2060second-most important foreign market after South Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the same year, the U.S. \u200balso accounted for 420,000 metric tons of sugar exports from Brazil, the world’s top sugar producer, representing a significant drop from the 1.12 million tons Brazil exported to the North American country in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“The decision disregards significant \u200basymmetries in the trade relationship between the two countries,” UNICA said in a statement. “Brazilian sugar \u2060exports \u2060remain subject to tariffs and \u2060market access restrictions \u200bimposed by the United States, whereas Brazil maintains a non-discriminatory policy regarding ethanol.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson \u200bGreer justified the new 25% \u2060tariffs \u2014 which are expected to take effect on July 22 \u2014 \u00a0on thousands of Brazilian products by citing what he called unfair trade practices, an accusation rejected by Brazil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Among the reasons given by Greer was current U.S. access to Brazil’s ethanol market.\u00a0 Brazil’s imports of ethanol from the U.S. have declined significantly\u00a0 over \u2060the past several years, USTR data show.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, Brazilian corn ethanol association UNEM \u2060said the South American country’s tariff was in accordance with World Trade Organization rules, adding that no bilateral agreement with the United States was being violated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The reduction in Brazil’s imports of U.S. ethanol stems from the expansion of domestic corn ethanol production, which increased the domestic supply, UNEM said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While Brazil’s ethanol industry was once dominated by sugarcane growers, corn and grain ethanol output has exploded in recent years as the South American country explores all manner of ethanol feedstocks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With its new tariffs, the U.S. is demonstrating it wants better \u2060access to the Brazilian ethanol market without making concessions for sugar imports from Brazil,\u00a0Renato Cunha, executive president of Brazilian sugar and bioenergy association NovaBio, said in an interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“They want to export ethanol to a country that has no need to import it,” Cunha said. “That \u200bisn’t negotiation, it’s imposition \u2014 they are different things.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Reporting by Oliver Griffin and Roberto \u200bSamora; Writing by Oliver Griffin; Editing by Andrea Ricci )<\/p>\n

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