The four countries involved — El Salvador, St Kitts and Nevis, Haiti and the Dominican Republic — are now seeking funding to move the ethanol or biodiesel projects from paper to reality, despite the difficulties in finding attractive credit.
The biofuels produced are likely to be used domestically initially, but one goal is to make the countries less oil-dependent. Exports are set to follow as Brazil's wider objective is to prove that ethanol can be produced on a vast international level to create a healthy market.
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