Fuel ethanol mandates

In Bolivia, the use of fuel ethanol is not mandatory. However, the government has implemented several measures to promote its production and commercialization.

In 2017, Bolivia´s government outlined the benefits of a national ethanol policy, which would bring economic growth, a reduction in gasoline imports, a potential blend of 15% with gasoline and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

In March 2018, the Minister of Hydrocarbons, the state-owned oil and gas company Bolivian Fiscal Oil Fields (YPFB), and the Private Entrepreneurs Federation of Santa Cruz, signed a memorandum aiming to achieve the production of 80 million liters of fuel ethanol in 2018. This target was met in 2019. The goal of this public-private agreement is to produce 380 million liters of fuel eth