Ethanol production in Brazil expected to increase 9% this year
Summary
Total ethanol production in Brazil is expected to be up nearly 9 percent this year, with fuel ethanol production up by nearly 8 precent, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network. Brazil currently has an estimated 337 sugarcane ethanol refineries with a combined nameplate capacity of 54.28 billion liters, compared to 343 facilities with a combined 50.5 billion liters of capacity in 2021. The country also has 18 facilities that can process both corn and sugarcane, compared to 19 last year and 11 in 2020. An estimated 338.75 million metric tons of sugarcane is expected to be used as feedstock for ethanol production this year, compared to 333.05 million metric tons last year. A full copy of the report can be downloaded from the USDA FAS GAIN website.