By Marcelo Teixeira
By Marcelo Teixeira
SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Brazil’s center-south is approaching the top of this yr’s sugarcane season a lot sooner than anticipated, as drier-than-normal climate throughout a lot of the final weeks sped up harvesting and led to a number of mills asserting the top of crushing.
The principle Brazilian sugar belt crushed 32.6 million tonnes of cane within the second half of October, 30% greater than in the identical interval a yr earlier, an identical quick-pace efficiency seen in earlier two-week durations.
Sugar manufacturing reached 1.51 million tonnes, 57% larger, whereas ethanol output reached 2.04 billion liters, 45% greater than in similar interval final yr.
The fast present tempo of the harvest will result in an extended inter-crop interval. Heart-south mills usually crush till early December, closing down then to return again across the finish of March. However most will probably be performed by November this yr and there won’t probably be a lot cane to be processed early subsequent season.
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