UNICA: Ethanol sales down slightly in early July

August 5, 2021

BY Erin Krueger

UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that anhydrous ethanol production continued to grow in the first half of July, expanding more than 30 percent when compared to the previous year. Ethanol sales were down slightly.

According to UNICA, mills in the south-central region of Brazil processed 45.65 million metric tons of sugarcane during the first half of July, down 2.37 percent when compared to the same period of last year. A total of 256.75 million metric tons of sugarcane have been processed since the beginning of the current harvest season, which began April 1, down 7.36 percent when compared to the same period of 2020.

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Ethanol production was at 2.16 billion liters (570.62 million gallons) for the first half of July. Anhydrous ethanol production reached 889 million liters, up 32 percent, while hydrous ethanol production fell to 1.27 billion liters, down 13.03 percent. Corn ethanol accounted for 129.95 million liters of the total volume produced.

Since the beginning of the current season, ethanol production has reached 11.81 million liters, including 7.5 billion liters of hydrous ethanol and 4.31 billion liters of anhydrous ethanol. Corn ethanol production was at 815.61 million liters.

Mills in the south-central region of Brazil sold 1.19 billion liters of ethanol during the first half of July, down 1.2 percent when compared to the same period of last year. Of that volume 1.17 billion liters were sold domestically and 18.42 million liters were destined for export.

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Domestically, sales of hydrous ethanol reached 701.17 million liters during the first half of July, down 6.79 percent when compared to the same period of last year. Sales of anhydrous ethanol reached 468.31 million liters, up 26.95 percent.

Sales since the beginning of the current harvest season are at 8.29 billion liters, up 8.53 percent when compared to the same period of 2020. That volume includes 7.86 billion liters sold domestically, up 11.19 percent, and 433.52 million liters destined for export, down 17.42 percent.

 

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