The Sugarcane and Bioenergy Industry Union (UNICA) reports that 19 thousand tons of sugar were produced in the first half of January. Food manufacturing has increased by 4.43% since the start of the 2022–2023 harvest, from 32.06 million tons to 33.48 million tons overall (+4.43%). The Center-South units produced 208.25 million liters of ethanol (+43.31%) in the first half of January. Hydrous ethanol production totaled 96.66 million liters (-12.87%), whereas anhydrous ethanol production totaled 111.59 million liters (+224.55%). The overall amount of biofuel produced between the start of the current agricultural cycle and January 15 was 27.67 billion liters (+3.29%), of which 15.90 billion were hydrous ethanol (-0.31%) and 11.78 billion were other biofuels.
Source: Jornal Cana (*Translated by Ia Niani)