The Union of Industry Sugar cane (Unica) reported this Monday that until the 1st day of June, the production of ethanol grew 6.15%, however the entity is reviewing the forecasts of the 2008/09 season because of the possibility of rain in the region of harvest in the coming months. On the other hand, sugar production was 10.77% lower in the same period last year.
Alcohol sales in the home market by the end of May (adding up anhydrous and hydrated) recorded an increase of 31.6% over the same period in 2007. In the case of hydrated ethanol, growth was 43.6%. Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, technical director of Unica, said that the product exporting in the months of April and May, totaled about 600 million litres, exceeding 59% in the volume board in the same period of last year’s harvest.