Sugarcane harvest for the second half of April 2021

Sugar production reached 1,515 thousand tons in the second half of April. Since the beginning of the 2020/2021 harvest up to May 1st, accumulated sugar production reached 2,148 thousand tons. This result is 28.51% lower than the 3,005 thousand tons reported over the same period last year.

The volume of ethanol produced reached 1,284 million liters in the second half of April. The accumulated production of ethanol reached 2,017 million liters, with 448 million liters of anhydrous ethanol and 1,569 million liters of hydrous ethanol. Of the total fuel produced, 117 million liters of biofuel were produced from corn.