Brazil H2 March ethanol production up 79%

In Brazil, Platts reports that the early start to the sugarcane crush saw ethanol production jump 79% on the year during the second half of March at 445 million liters as mills sought to fill the ethanol supply gap that is currently being filled by imports form the US. Hydrous production was also 82% higher than during H1 March. Despite increased demand for ethanol and mills focusing more on ethanol production last season, due to the lower crush, ethanol production only rose 1.72% to 26.09 billion liters during 2017/18.