Sugar production reached 624 thousand tons in the first half of April. This result is 35.7% lower than the 971 thousand tons reported over the same period last year.
The volume of ethanol produced reached 731 million liters in the first half of April (result 25.9% lower than the volume reported over the same period last year) with 104 million liters of anhydrous ethanol and 626 million liters of hydrous ethanol. Of the total fuel produced, 111.4 million liters of biofuel were produced from corn.