Compared to the previous cycle, sugar production rose during the first half of May. The Union of the Sugarcane Industry and Bioenergy (Unica) said that, in contrast to what occurred in the second half of April, the dry weather encouraged the harvesting and successive crushing of sugarcane. In comparison to the crop of 2022–2023, 43.98 million tons were crushed, an increase of 28.25%. Crushing totaled 78.97 million tons in the harvest of 2023–2024, up 24.18% from the 63.59 million tons recorded in the same period of the 2022–2023 cycle. Sugar production in the first half of May totaled 2.53 million tons, an increase of 50.43%
Source: DATAGRO (*Translated by Ia Niani)