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News releases issued by UNICA:

	03/11/2010 Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol to Power IZOD IndyCar Series in 2010 Săo Paulo, March 11, 2010 – The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) has renewed its fuel supply agreement with the Indy Racing League for the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season, which opens on Sunday, March 14, with a race in Brazil's largest city, Săo Paulo. Under the new agreement, the IZOD IndyCar Series will continue to utilize sugarcane ethanol to fuel its race cars, including at its signature event, the Indianapolis 500."We're pleased to continue our partnership with Indy, a global showcase for clean, renewable biofuels since 2007. With sugarcane ethanol, the series is ...

	03/11/2010 Ethanol prices falling for six weeks at South-Central Brazilian mills,without significant gains for consumers Sao Paulo, March 11, 2010 – Prices paid for hydrous ethanol to producers in Brazil’s largest sugarcane producing state, Săo Paulo, have been on a downward slide over the past six weeks, with an average decrease of 22.44%, or the equivalent of R$0.27 (about US$0.15) per liter. However, consumer prices at the pump have not followed suit, with a drop of only R$0.04 (about US$0.018) per liter over the same period, according to data compiled by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), obtained from the Brazilian Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) and the University of Săo ...

	03/05/2010 Ten Million Flex-Fuel Vehicles in Brazil a milestone that deserves global dissemination by automakers Săo Paulo, March 5, 2010 – The announcement that Brazil’s 10 millionth Flex-Fuel vehicle was built yesterday, made by the country’s National Association of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea), is a milestone for the industry and the country. It should encourage automakers to invest more in the global dissemination of what has been accomplished in Brazil, as well as in their countries of origin. This was the assessment of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), which sees an abundance of good reasons to spread the word and embrace a truly “Made in Brazil” success story. "We congratul ...

	02/25/2010 Ethanol prices drop at mill level over past four weeks, but consumer prices show little change Sao Paulo, February 25, 2010 - The average price of hydrous ethanol at the producer level, minus taxes, fell for the consecutive week to R$ 1.09 per liter during the period from February 15 to 19. Despite the gradual price drop, prices at the pump have actually increase. While producer prices fell 9.5% in the top producing state in Brazil, Săo Paulo, pump prices were up 1.32% over the same four-week period. This according to data from the Brazilian Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP). In overall terms, if the R$ 0.13 per liter hydrous ethanol price decrease had been passed on to ...

	02/11/2010 UNICA to launch English newsletter on 11 February ‘Noticia UNICA’, a daily electronic newsletter with information on the Brazilian sugar and energy sector distributed by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) will have an English version starting this Thursday (11/02). Unlike the newsletter in Portuguese, “UNICA News” will be distributed weekly, always on Thursdays. UNICA’s Corporate Communications Director, Adhemar Altieri, explains that the newsletter in English is a long-standing demand given the growing global interest in the Brazilian sugarcane industry and its products: “It was necessary to organize our material produced ...