How a change in Brazil's sugar policies would affect the world sugar market (English)

Although Brazil is the world's largest sugarcane producer, only one-third of the cane it grows is used to produce sugar; the rest is used to produce ethanol as fuel for automobiles. Still, Brazil is the world's fourth largest sugar producer. This paper asks what it would mean for Brazil and for the world sugar market if Brazil were to shift largely away from ethanol to sugar production. This question is of keen interest for the world sugar market...
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Borrell,Brent William.

How a change in Brazil's sugar policies would affect the world sugar market (English). Policy, Research, and External Affairs working papers ; no. WPS 642. International trade Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/889001468743666315

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