China aggressively adding cassava ethanol

January 12, 2011 |

In China, after setting limitations on the use of cereals in ethanol production, China is aggressively developing a strategy for using cassava as a non-grain feedstock for ethanol production, according to a report from Commodore Research. While Chinese cassava production has risen to roughly 12 million tons per year, China continues to import large quantities of cassava from Thailand. Thailand is the world’s largest exporter of cassava and is estimated to have shipped approximately 4.5 million tons of cassava chips in 2010.

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