UNICA says Brazilian sugar harvest off to slow start

Biofuels Digest
April 14, 2010 Jim Lane

In Brazil, the Brazilian Sugar Growers Association (UNICA) reports that 6.81 million tons of cane crushed since the commencement of the official harvest season on April 1st, with ethanol production reaching 71 million gallons (272.10 million liters); overall, a slow start to the year, but UNICA is reporting that ethanol sales for 2009-10 reached 6.64 billion gallons 25.10 billion liters), of which 730 million gallons (2.76 billion liters were exported).

Sales for March were down 13.53 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2009.

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