SAO PAULO, April 2 (Reuters) - Raizen, the 50-50 jointventure between Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Cosan and Royal-Dutch Shell, said in a marketfiling it signed a deal to acquire Distribuidora Latina and its200-plus filling stations.
The target fuel distributor is strong in southern Brazil andhas a fuel distribution center in Ijui, Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil's southernmost state where a large portion of the gasstations are located.
Raizen has 5,141 filling stations across Brazil under thebrand name Shell. Cosan operates 24 cane mills that producesugar and ethanol, as well as a logistics company known as Rumo, the natural gas distributor Comgas and a land managementcompany called Radar. (Reporting by Roberto Samora; Writing by Reese Ewing and AndrewHay)