The 2020/21 harvest of sugarcane in Brazil’s Center-South region may end with 605 million tons, with a quality index range of 144.70 kg of ATR per ton of cane, the highest of the last ten harvests. The volume represents an increase of 2.5% in relation to the 2019/2020 crop. According to Sugarcane Industry Union (UNICA), this is the best season in recent years. Of the total sugarcane, 46.04% should be used to produce 38.4 million tons of sugar, compared to 26.7 million in the previous cycle. Ethanol production is estimated at 30.44 billion liters, 8.45% less than the 33.26 billion liters produced in the past harvest. Of the total volume, 9.76 billion liters should be anhydrous ethanol (-3.2%) and 20.69 billion liters of hydrous ethanol (-10.7%). The production of ethanol from corn should reach 2.65 billion liters, representing an increase of around 63% in relation to the volume produced in the last agricultural cycle, which was 1.62 billion liters.
Source: Jornal Cana
*Translated by Ia Niani