Brazilian mills switch over to more ethanol production during H1 August

August 29, 2017 |

In Brazil, mills have begun to switch over to ethanol production in light of falling sugar prices and the decision to impose a 20% tariff on imports above a 600 million liter per year quota. UNICA’s bimonthly report shows that just under 50% of cane was used for ethanol production during the first half of August, the most seen in the past two months. Sugar mills crushed 45.29 million metric tons of cane during the period, producing 3.16 million tons of sugar and 1.95 billion liters of ethanol, though the volume was lower than the 2.08 billion liters produced during the last half of July.

Category: Fuels

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