Accumulated sugar production reached 34.67 million tons this year, 45.92% higher than last year. In the fortnight, 2.61 million tons of sugar (up 36.5%) were produced. “From the total increase of 10.91 million tons of sugar so far, about 8.08 million are due to the change in the production mix, and the remaining 2.83 million are the result of the refining and the better quality of the raw material”, says the technical director of UNICA, Antonio de Padua Rodrigues. From the beginning of the 2020/2021 harvest to the first half of October 2020, 46.85% of the sugarcane was used to produce sugar, in comparison to 35,26% in the same period of 2019. “The proportion of sugar produced by sugarcane processed remains high compared to September, despite the reduction in the production mix. This is a natural movement in the agricultural cycle, because of the greater focus on raw materials for ethanol production in the last third of the harvest”, said Rodrigues.
Source: Jornal Cana
*Translated by Ia Niani