UNICA: Ethanol production, sales up in late December
Summary
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released data that show ethanol production by mills in the south-central region of the country was up during the second half of December. Since the beginning of the current harvest season, which began April 1, mills in the region have processed 541.57 million metric tons of sugarcane, up 3.63 percent when compared to the same period of 2021. Since the beginning of the current harvest season, mills in the south-central region have produced 27.47 billion liters of ethanol, up 3.08 percent when compared to the same period of 2021. Corn ethanol accounted for 3.25 billion liters of that volume, up 26.18 percent when compared to the same period of the previous year. Mills in the region sold 2.58 billion liters of ethanol in December, up 18.79 percent when compared to the same month of 2021.