From January to July, Mato Grosso do Sul exported 309 thousand tons of raw sugar, an increase of 207% in comparison to the same period of 2019. According to data from the Brazilian government, in the first seven months of the year, the revenue from exports increased by 176%, from U$ 29 million to U$ 79 million. For the whole last year, the total volume exported was of 238 thousand tons of sugar, a revenue of U$ 67 million. The technical consultant of the Famasul System, Clóvis Tolentino, says that the increase is due mainly to three reasons: the COVID-19 pandemic that reduced ethanol consumption, the strength of the US dollar, and the external demand amid drop of other countries’ production; also the low consumption of ethanol in the first semester made industries focus on raw sugar production. Currently, according to IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) numbers, the state of Mato Grosso do Sul is the fourth sugarcane producer in Brazil, behind Goiás, Minas Gerais and São Paulo. It has 709 thousand hectares of land planted with sugarcane.
Source: Universo Agro / DATAGRO