• Cumulative sugar production has reached 23mmt.
  • Excellent pace of operations, with efficiency at 97%.
  • Small reduction of hydrous sales in the fortnight.

Summary Table 1H August

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Only 4 days of Stoppages

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  • Another fortnight of clear weather enabled mills to crush without interruptions.
  • Until 1H of August efficiency has been 97%, which means that in the 137 days of operations mills have stopped only 4.3 days due to rains.

CS Efficiency per season – Until 1H of August, efficiency has been 97%

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  • The excellent pace of operations results in 373mmt of cane crushed until mid-august – this is 6% higher yoy and a record for the period.
  • The lack of rains has also enabled a higher concentration of sugar in cane, that reached 152.64kg/ton during the fortnight.
  • As for production, no surprises as mills remains maximizing sugar production and cumulative sugar output stands at 23mmt.

CS Daily Cumulative Sugar Production – Until 1H August CS sugar output has reached 23mmt

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Ethanol Demand

  • Hydrous sales by the mills totalled 758mi litres in 1H of August.
  • It is a 12% reduction from the previous fortnight, suggesting that the distributors were well stocked and less active in the market.

CS Monthly Hydrous Sales – slow and steady ethanol recovery of the domestic market

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Ana Zancaner

Ana graduated from Insper University Sao Paulo in 2013, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She joined CZ as an intern in 2013 and is now our senior analyst in our Sao Paulo office. At CZ she is responsible mainly for analysis of the Brazilian sugar and ethanol sector but supporting other consulting requests as well.

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