Brazilian ethanol production is expected to increase by 2019

This year brazilian ethanol production is expected to 30.3bn liters of sugarcane ethanol and an additional 1.35bn liters from corn, giving a total of 31.6bn liters. This data is from the second survey of the 2019/20 Sugarcane Harvest, released on Thursday (08/22), by the Food Supply and Statistics Agency (Conab).

Anhydrous brazilian ethanol production should reach 10.5bn liters in byproducts generated from sugarcane, 12.6% more than in 2018/19. This compound is used in blending with gasoline. In hydrated ethanol, the trend is a drop of 14.1% compared to last season, reaching 19.8 bn liters.

Sugar production is expected to reach 31.8mn tons this year, an increase of 9.5%. In sugarcane planting, a study points to an increase of 0.3% in production compared to last season, reaching 622.3mn tons. In compensation, the harvested area is estimated at 8.38mn hectares, a decrease of 2.4%.

Corn

From the first survey of the 2019/20 harvest, released in May this year, Conab included in the disclosure the total ethanol statistics, which also includes data on corn-based ethanol. This is because cereal has been assuming an increasingly important role in fuel production.

The region that stands out the most for using cereals as fuel is the Midwest, with 94.2% of the national supply in 2019, in other words 1.27bn liters, an increase of 62.4% over the last crop.

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