A 5.4. What is the investment level needed and who is financing it?
The investment in one unit with capacity to process 2 million tons of sugar-cane for one crop is around 140 million dollars (for both the farming and industrial parts). The investments are of various origins and could be made out of the investors own funds and funds from the BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development), Regional Funds, trading operations, companies going public and partnerships.