The volume of ethanol sold in the first fifteen days of November 2020 reached 1.32 billion liters. Of this total, exports kept the strong pace, with 139.43 million liters shipped out to the foreign market. In the domestic market, sales of hydrous ethanol reached 790.79 million liters in the first half of November, with a decrease of 17.26% over the amount recorded in the same period of the last harvest (955.73 million liters). The commercialized volume of anhydrous ethanol, in turn, had an increase of 2.18%, with 394.55 million liters sold in 2020, over 386.13 million liters in 2019. For UNICA’s technical director, Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, “the retraction in sales of hydrous ethanol fuel in the first fifteen days of November was a reduced amount compared to that seen in the other months of this harvest and, to some extent, it was mitigated by the growth of exports and sales of anhydrous ethanol”. In 2020/2021 year-crop, until November 16, ethanol sales in the Center-South decreased by 12.46%, making 19.05 billion liters. Exports had an increase of 40.82%, reaching 1.94 billion liters. Sales in the domestic market registered a reduction of around 16%, reaching 17.10 billion liters.
Source: Jornal Cana
*Translated by Ia Niani