Cepea, January 12, 2018 – The volume of sugar cane crushed in central-southern Brazil in the 2018/19 year-crop is forecast to increase, with averages estimated at 586 million tons, slightly higher than in the 2017/18 year-crop.
As for the production mix in the same region, ethanol production is estimated to increase compared to the 2017/18 year-crop, since the Brazilian economy should start to bounce back and ethanol consumption increase, in addition to higher liquidity of ethanol to plants and low levels of international sugar prices.
According to the International Sugar Organization,
Fonte: CEPEA
