The decision ramps up trade tensions between the two countries industry groups threatening to withdraw cooperation on new partnerships Brazil's government will maintain an 18% tariff on imports of U.S. ethanol in a blow to corn growers as a record surplus leaves farmers looking to offload crops The Foreign Trade Chamber at Brazil’s Ministry of the Economy upheld the import duties earlier this month. Brazil had removed tariffs on ethanol imports in 2022 to counteract rising fuel prices though reinstated the fees nine months later Brazil is the second-largest consumer of ethanol in the world. Around 73% of Brazil's cars can be powered by ethanol-based fuels and the country was the first in the world to implement a national fuel ethanol policy Although the majority of ethanol in Brazil is derived from sugarcane, the country has begun shifting to corn-based ethanol as processors look to capitalize on higher global sugar prices, Reuters reported U.S. ethanol groups, who had petitioned Brazil to permanently lift tariffs earlier this year, said the country's decision to uphold duties will hurt consumers and threaten a historically productive trade relationship industry remains united in seeking parity with Brazilian exports with reciprocal market access and will seek to take additional measures to rectify this unfair tariff treatment," according to a joint statement from the Renewable Fuels Association In April, the groups said they would not cooperate with Brazil on any potential partnerships around sharing technology or the burgeoning sustainable aviation fuel market unless the government rethinks its tariff policy.  Brazil, also the world's second-largest producer of ethanol, can currently export the product into the U.S. tariff-free. Get the free daily newsletter read by industry experts While prices of feed, fertilizer and pesticides are expected to decline, farmers are forecast to spend more on labor and taxes. While prices in July were sharply lower compared to a year ago for most commodities, meat and dairy producers benefited from lower supply. Subscribe to Agriculture Dive for top news, trends & analysis The free newsletter covering the top industry headlines Municipal authorities declared a state of emergency after torrential São Gonçalo City Hall reported 192.4 mm of rain fell in 24 hours in the Gradim neighbourhood of the city Around 143 incidents of flooding and landslides were reported across the municipality The rain triggered landslides in the hills of the Engenho Pequeno on 14 February One fatality was reported while teams from Fire Department and Civil Defense searched for missing people Two people were reported rescued alive from under the rubble of a collapsed building Two other people were injured and taken to hospital after a landslide in the Zumbi neighbourhood Municipal teams are working to remove mud and debris and help families affected by the storm recent heavy rain caused flooding in Barra do Piraí where waters dragged a vehicle along streets and dumped it into the Paraíba do Sul River 4 people had to be reduced from vehicles in flood water in Contagem after heavy rain on 14 February O Corpo de Bombeiros segue fazendo buscas por desaparecidos em São Gonçalo 4 pessoas foram socorridas com vida e uma mulher foi encontrada morta no bairro de Engenho Pequeno #BandRio 📸: Filipe Macon BandNews FM / BTN pic.twitter.com/tjTdfsiR31 — Band Rio (@BandRio) February 14, 2023 — São Gonçalo News – RJ (@sgnewsrj) February 14, 2023 — joao (@joao67677514) February 14, 2023 Transtorno causado pelas chuvas em #ContagemMG pic.twitter.com/hv1JFQoLDY — Marcelo CEC (@MarceloCotacec) February 15, 2023 Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Angela Martinez Guillen won her first over individual World Cup title in her home country Italy swept the podium on the men’s side El Campeonato de España se disputó en el marco de la segunda etapa de la Copa del Mundo de Aguas Abiertas has undertaken a years-long challenge to swim 10,000 kilometers from Istanbul The world’s premier open water swimming series is now coming to the USA Va a ser va prueba puntuable para el Circuito Mundial pero también válida como Campeonato de España y Selectivo para el Campeonato del Mundo Singapur 2025 Además se oficializó quiénes irán al Panamericano de Deportes Acuáticos Medellín 2025 en busca de la clasificación a los Panamericanos Junior Asunción 2025 Makenna Sherman and Jackson Irwin closed out the 2025 U.S National Open Water Championships with wins in the junior 7.5k Olympic silver medalist Claire Weinstein won the women’s 5k at the U.S Brazil and South Africa have both declared their entrants for the final qualifying race for the open water portion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games The selected swimmers will travel to the Olympic qualifying event on May 29 (women) and 30 (men) in Fukuoka Countries are only eligible to send up to 2 participants to that qualifier in the gender races where they didn’t already earn qualifiers via a top 10 finish in the 10km race at the 2019 World Championships The top 9 finishers in each race (men’s and women’s) from the qualifier move forward to the Olympic Games as do the next-best qualifier from each of the 5 FINA continents (Europe Each country can only advance 1 athlete per gender from the Olympic Qualifying race in Fukuoka The women’s Olympic 10km race is scheduled for August 4 and the men’s race is scheduled for August 5 Both races will start at 6:30 AM local time to avoid heat concerns Brazil chose its male qualifiers during an open water race held last Saturday in Barra do Pirai who led into the last of 4 laps in the race The 31-year old Carmo is a veteran of open water swimming and has a pair of World Championship medals (silver in 2015 bronze in 2013) as part of Brazil’s entry in the co-ed open water team events he finished 5th in the 25km swim at the 2011 World Championships – his best individual finish at the World Championships He was 7th in the 10k at the 2013 World Championships He represented Brazil at the initial open water Olympic event in 2008 and finished 14th He went to the Olympic qualifying event in 2012 Costa, on the other hand, is one of the country’s top pool distance swimmers who is making the shift to open water – which makes sense, given his training plans of 100,000 meters/week He’s the current Brazilian Record holder in the 400 Brazil’s other 10k entry at the World Championships The Brazilians’ primary competition for the continental representation slots will be Ecuador’s Esteban Enderica The best qualifying scenario for Do Carmo would see Enderica and Fan finish in the top 10 of the race With Castro eliminated from consideration at that point as Ecuador’s second finisher Do Carmo would be in line for a continental place Brazil’s female Olympic qualifying slot is already occupied by Ana Marcela Cunha who was 5th in the 10km race at the World Championships She is the defending World Champion in the 5km and 25km race and will be a serious medal threat in Tokyo With the country’s best-known open water swimmer announcing his retirement from competitive swimming after the announcement of the delay of the Olympic Games The South African National Championships were held at the Marina Martinique in Jeffrey’s Bay near Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) and the top two finishers from the three relevant age groups (14-15 18-19) were also eligible for selection to the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships The top two finishers in the 10km event per gender are eligible to race at the Fukuoka Olympic qualifier those representatives will be Michael McGlynn (15:49:49.83) and Henre Luow (15:55:04.44) neither of whom swam the 10k at the World Championships in 2019 Luow is committed to join the Georgia Bulldogs in the United States this fall McGlynn swam the 5k at the 2019 World Championships The now-retire Ho was the country’s top 10k finisher If they don’t finish in the top 9 at the qualifier the South African man only have 2 real contenders for the continental representation: each other who finished 32nd at the World Championships – only about 47 seconds behind Namibia a former Olympic gold medalist and 38th place finisher at Worlds though it’s still not clear yet if he’s in full training to take a run at an Olympic spot with Stephanie Houtman placing 2nd in 2:07:14.86 Weber was the country’s top finisher at last year’s World Championships in 1:56:25.8 for 31st place That put her on a bit of an island (with Argnetina’s Julia Arino) 39-seconds behind Japan’s Minami Niikura There is no obvious challenger for the African continental spot – the continent’s next-best finisher at Worlds was Egypt’s Sandy Atef Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Unless this is a late April Fool’s joke, the qualifier has been cancelled. https://www.fina.org/competitions/8/fina-olympic-marathon-swim-qualifier-2020 This was the 2nd time Costa swam an open water race in his Life 1st time was 3 years ago in the king and queen of the sea race More from Braden KeithSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates