São Paulo is the largest producer of sugar and alcohol in Brazil. With greater technology and cutting-edge research in São Paulo, agriculture has been generating more per farmed acre, lowering expenses. In the first seven months of 2023, exports from Sao Paulo reached US$ 4.85 billion, with sugar accounting for 87% of the total. Sugarcane, the most valuable commodity in the state, has boosted output by 2.2% so far in the 2023/2024 harvest. The harvested average was 76.8 tons of sugarcane per hectare last year, São Paulo’s sugarcane output today is 78.5 tons per hectare in the same region.
Sources: Governo do Estado de São Paulo/Canaonline (*Translated by Ia Niani)