Sugarcane milling in the Center-South region should total 577 million tons in the 2018/19 harvest. The figure indicates a fall of 5.2% over last year’s result. The data were released today (14), by the president of DATAGRO Consultoria, Plinio Nastari, during the Opening of sugar, sugar and ethanol harvest 2018/19, held in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.
The projection on the sugar mix in the region was also revised from 43.5% to 42.9%. According to the consultancy, this scenario was influenced by the high consumption of hydrous ethanol in the domestic market, coupled with the surplus in the world balance, which is expected to continue for another season.
In view of this, the forecast for sugar production in the Center-South in 2018/19 fell from 32.20 to 31.60 million tons, a decrease of 4.46 million tons in relation to the 2017/18 crop production ( 36.06 million tonnes).
Also for the 2018/19 season, the consultancy projects a reduction of 5.2% in the total offer of Recoverable Sugar (ATR).
Ethanol– During the event, the forecast for ethanol production in the Mid-South was slightly revised upward, from 26.34 to 26.48 billion liters. Of this amount 10.84 billion liters are of anhydrous ethanol (86 million from the corn) and 15.64 billion liters of hydrated (520 million from the corn).