The total volume of ethanol sold by the plants of the Center-South of Brazil in the domestic and foreign markets in the first half of October totaled 1.35 billion liters, compared to 1.06 billion liters in the same period of 2017, 27,3%. The total accumulated volume of fuel sold to distributors and exported reached 16.268 billion liters in six and a half months of the 2018/2019 harvest, started on April 1st , up 16.84% compared to 13.922 billion liters in the same period of 2017 / 2018. The total volume of ethanol sold by the mills to distributors in the domestic market in the Center-South was 1.284 billion liters in the first half of October and accumulates 15.344 billion liters in the 2018/2019 harvest. The volumes represent increases of 26.5% in relation to the total of 1.014 billion liters sold in the same fortnight of October 2017 and 18.43% on the accumulated volume sold up to the same period of the 2017/2018 harvest in the domestic market, 12.956 billion liters, according to the Sugar Cane Industry Union (Unica). Sales of hydrated ethanol fuel advanced 47.3% in the initial half of October over the same period of 2017, from 666.3 million to 981.4 million liters. With the result, total sales of hydrated in the harvest have increased from 38.7% between the periods, to 11.25 billion liters. Anhydrous sales fell 6.46% compared to the same fortunes of 2017 and 2018, to 368.67 million liters and fell 13.67% in the accumulated crop to 5.017 billion liters. Total ethanol exports were 66.03 million liters in the first 15 days of October, up 43.41% compared to 46.04 million liters shipped abroad in the same period last year. In the accumulated 2018/2019 harvest, total ethanol exports fell by 4.37% to 924.18 million liters, compared to 966.40 million liters in the same period of 2017/2018.
Src.: Revista Globo Rural