RIO DE JANEIRO, March 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's government

may launch an aid package to address the impact of the oil

crisis, the president of state development bank BNDES said on

Tuesday.

* The measures would represent a new phase of a package

introduced last year to support exporters hit by higher U.S.

tariffs, BNDES President Aloizio Mercadante said.

* The first edition of the plan included credit at

affordable interest rates.

* There is a surplus of 6 billion reais ($1.15 billion)

remaining from the first phase of the plan, Mercadante said.

* Fertilizers and sectors that are still subject to U.S.

tariffs above 15% will be prioritized, he added.

* "There are already talks with Vice President Geraldo

Alckmin on this," Mercadante said.

($1 = 5.2082 reais)