Data from the Sugar, Ethanol and Bioenergy Producers Association (NovaBio) point out the crushing of 40.81 million tons of sugarcane, with 75% of the 2021/22 sugarcane season completed in the North and Northeast regions by the second half of December. This represents an increase of 2.1% when compared to the same period of the 2020/21 season. Anhydrous ethanol production grew with firm stocks by 7% in relation to the second half of December 2020. The output by the end of December is 881.18 million liters in comparison with the 823.16 million liters produced in the previous season. For the end of the current crushing season, NovaBio forecasts a total volume of 1.05 billion liters of anhydrous, an increase of 9.2% over the 962.29 million liters produced in 2020/21. Ethanol stocks increased by 25.1% in comparison to 2020. The storage of hydrous ethanol also grew until December, with 167, 36 million liters compared to 150.98 million liters stored in the 2020/21 season
Sources: NovaBio/UDOP Bioenergia (*Translated by Ia Niani)