Harvest update

Bi-weekly bulletin

Position until 12/01/2012
Table 1. 2012/2013 harvest season: accummulated production until December 1, 2012 

2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13

 487,973 510,509 4.62% 303,480 314,563 3.65% 184,493 195,946 6.21%

 31,084 32,908 5.87% 21,024 22,354 6.32% 10,060 10,554 4.91%

 7,802 8,440 8.18% 4,998 5,367 7.38% 2,804 3,073 9.59%

 12,469 11,943 -4.22% 6,553 5,841 -10.87% 5,916 6,102 3.14%

 20,271 20,382 0.55% 11,551 11,208 -2.97% 8,720 9,175 5.22%

 67,170 69,317 3.20% 41,791 42,638 2.03% 25,379 26,679 5.12%

137.65 135.78 -1.36% 137.71 135.55 -1.57% 137.56 136.16 -1.02%

sugar 48.57% 49.82% 52.80% 55.02% 41.60% 41.52%

ethanol 51.43% 50.18% 47.20% 44.98% 58.40% 58.48%

Liters of ethanol/ ton of sugarcane 41.54 39.93 -3.89% 38.06 35.63 -6.39% 47.26 46.82 -0.93%

Kg of sugar/ ton of sugarcane 63.70 64.46 1.19% 69.28 71.06 2.58% 54.53 53.86 -1.22%

Table 2. 2012/2013 harvest season: BI-WEEKLY values (2st two-week period of November)

2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13

 9,225 28,523 209.20% 4,252 19,607 361.09% 4,972 8,916 79.31%

 504 1,834 263.81% 246 1,365 453.89% 258 469 81.97%

 97 489 404.32% 42 349 740.65% 55 139 151.68%

 291 601 106.61% 138 335 142.00% 153 266 74.49%

 388 1,090 180.99% 180 684 280.27% 208 405 95.04%

 1,186 3,787 219.26% 563 2,605 362.47% 623 1,182 89.73%

128.57 132.76 3.25% 132.46 132.86 0.30% 125.25 132.53 5.81%

sugar 44.60% 50.82% 45.91% 54.99% 43.41% 41.63%

ethanol 55.40% 49.18% 54.09% 45.01% 56.59% 58.37%

Liters of ethanol/ ton of sugarcane 42.04 38.20 -9.12% 42.32 34.90 -17.53% 41.80 45.47 8.77%

Kg of sugar/ ton of sugarcane 54.64 64.29 17.66% 57.95 69.61 20.13% 51.80 52.57 1.49%

Source: UNICA. Note: 1 - thousand tons; 2 - million liters; 3 - kg of ATR/ ton of sugarcane; data subject to minor adjustments; "ATR" is the amount of product obtained per ton of crushed sugarcane.

ATR/ ton of sugarcane 3 

Share (%)

Sugarcane 1

Sugar 1

Anhydrous ethanol 2

Hydrous ethanol 2

Total ethanol 2

ATR 1

ATR/ ton of sugarcane 3 

Share (%)

Products

South-Central region São Paulo Others states

Var. (%) Var. (%) Var. (%)

Sugarcane 1

Sugar 1

Anhydrous ethanol 2

Hydrous ethanol 2

Total ethanol 2

ATR 1

Products

South-Central region São Paulo Others states

Var. (%) Var. (%) Var. (%)
Table 3. Bi-weekly sugarcane crushing, ACCUMULATED - results for the South-Central region 

2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%)

16/04 3,429,398 2,130,641 -38% 6,989,642 4,736,769 -32% 3,560,244 2,606,128 -27%

01/05 14,172,087 6,753,397 -52% 24,003,829 14,133,076 -41% 9,831,742 7,379,679 -25%

16/05 35,843,615 18,078,715 -50% 57,216,373 35,014,193 -39% 21,372,758 16,935,478 -21%

01/06 63,615,028 40,950,372 -36% 100,451,296 70,798,058 -30% 36,836,268 29,847,686 -19%

16/06 85,486,055 55,094,486 -36% 135,444,365 96,674,881 -29% 49,958,310 41,580,395 -17%

01/07 112,189,980 73,838,517 -34% 177,695,752 128,377,825 -28% 65,505,772 54,539,308 -17%

16/07 138,324,825 100,037,254 -28% 218,279,009 170,572,914 -22% 79,954,184 70,535,660 -12%

01/08 165,525,368 128,355,725 -22% 260,045,132 216,850,039 -17% 94,519,764 88,494,314 -6%

16/08 189,559,044 155,949,298 -18% 298,789,785 261,096,423 -13% 109,230,741 105,147,125 -4%

01/09 214,665,309 185,033,425 -14% 339,505,503 307,615,408 -9% 124,840,194 122,581,983 -2%

16/09 237,903,355 211,142,346 -11% 376,713,354 349,583,250 -7% 138,809,999 138,440,904 0%

01/10 260,911,204 229,995,069 -12% 413,586,476 381,351,364 -8% 152,675,272 151,356,295 -1%

16/10 274,880,543 254,509,209 -7% 437,024,431 419,347,426 -4% 162,143,888 164,838,217 2%

01/11 288,665,706 277,010,496 -4% 460,154,964 455,494,097 -1% 171,489,258 178,483,601 4%

16/11 299,227,781 294,955,779 -1% 478,748,045 481,986,144 1% 179,520,264 187,030,365 4%

01/12 303,480,093 314,562,731 4% 487,972,714 510,508,802 5% 184,492,621 195,946,071 6%

16/12

01/01

16/01

01/02

16/02

01/03

16/03

01/04

Source: UNICA. 

Bi-weekly 

period

SUGARCANE (tons)

São Paulo South-Central region Others states
Table 4. Bi-weekly sugar production, ACCUMULATED - results for the South-Central region 

2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%)

16/04 95,775 71,742 -25% 214,065 152,083 -29% 118,290 80,341 -32%

01/05 490,217 290,985 -41% 817,574 545,249 -33% 327,357 254,264 -22%

16/05 1,564,223 874,723 -44% 2,373,839 1,569,285 -34% 809,616 694,562 -14%

01/06 3,225,032 2,243,638 -30% 4,784,139 3,528,807 -26% 1,559,107 1,285,169 -18%

16/06 4,608,640 3,086,027 -33% 6,804,384 4,895,032 -28% 2,195,744 1,809,005 -18%

01/07 6,386,132 4,261,147 -33% 9,402,197 6,690,215 -29% 3,016,065 2,429,068 -19%

16/07 8,219,976 6,064,817 -26% 11,987,619 9,324,855 -22% 3,767,643 3,260,038 -13%

01/08 10,239,469 8,061,881 -21% 14,813,562 12,296,199 -17% 4,574,093 4,234,318 -7%

16/08 12,065,742 10,145,553 -16% 17,472,916 15,319,093 -12% 5,407,174 5,173,540 -4%

01/09 14,080,467 12,439,142 -12% 20,442,724 18,657,408 -9% 6,362,257 6,218,266 -2%

16/09 15,957,303 14,581,925 -9% 23,205,661 21,793,380 -6% 7,248,358 7,211,455 -1%

01/10 17,882,100 16,023,279 -10% 26,050,546 24,000,115 -8% 8,168,446 7,976,836 -2%

16/10 19,062,762 17,976,137 -6% 27,831,794 26,790,561 -4% 8,769,032 8,814,424 1%

01/11 20,000,161 19,704,966 -1% 29,308,163 29,331,955 0% 9,308,002 9,626,989 3%

16/11 20,777,690 20,988,789 1% 30,580,283 31,074,298 2% 9,802,593 10,085,509 3%

01/12 21,024,117 22,353,725 6% 31,084,301 32,907,968 6% 10,060,184 10,554,243 5%

16/12

01/01

16/01

01/02

16/02

01/03

16/03

01/04

Source: UNICA. 

Bi-weekly 

period

SUGAR (tons)

São Paulo South-Central region Others states
Table 5. Bi-weekly ethanol production, ACCUMULATED - results for the South-Central region 

2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%)

16/04 123,189 69,127 -44% 256,493 177,878 -31% 133,304 108,751 -18%

01/05 507,988 244,100 -52% 905,735 546,704 -40% 397,747 302,604 -24%

16/05 1,288,632 617,662 -52% 2,172,978 1,319,501 -39% 884,346 701,839 -21%

01/06 2,319,531 1,374,393 -41% 3,910,089 2,613,382 -33% 1,590,558 1,238,989 -22%

16/06 3,144,923 1,850,872 -41% 5,360,948 3,611,668 -33% 2,216,025 1,760,796 -21%

01/07 4,132,242 2,478,146 -40% 7,077,891 4,818,154 -32% 2,945,649 2,340,008 -21%

16/07 5,086,608 3,364,188 -34% 8,724,164 6,422,623 -26% 3,637,556 3,058,435 -16%

01/08 6,083,669 4,322,296 -29% 10,455,657 8,205,479 -22% 4,371,988 3,883,183 -11%

16/08 6,985,509 5,283,336 -24% 12,078,967 9,959,802 -18% 5,093,458 4,676,466 -8%

01/09 7,956,774 6,345,827 -20% 13,823,044 11,884,568 -14% 5,866,270 5,538,741 -6%

16/09 8,870,944 7,341,978 -17% 15,436,669 13,694,089 -11% 6,565,725 6,352,111 -3%

01/10 9,802,418 8,099,445 -17% 17,062,784 15,130,373 -11% 7,260,366 7,030,928 -3%

16/10 10,417,849 9,041,274 -13% 18,166,789 16,749,535 -8% 7,748,940 7,708,261 -1%

01/11 10,962,684 9,874,768 -10% 19,134,304 18,238,660 -5% 8,171,620 8,363,892 2%

16/11 11,371,174 10,523,240 -7% 19,883,276 19,292,648 -3% 8,512,102 8,769,408 3%

01/12 11,551,124 11,207,541 -3% 20,271,082 20,382,341 1% 8,719,958 9,174,800 5%

16/12

01/01

16/01

01/02

16/02

01/03

16/03

01/04

Source: UNICA. 

Bi-weekly 

period

TOTAL ETHANOL (m3)

São Paulo South-Central region Others states
Table 6. Bi-weekly ethanol production, ACCUMULATED - results for the South-Central region 

2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%)

16/04 33,627 -38,523 -215% 60,139 -42,738 -171% 26,512 -4,215 -116%

01/05 211,120 -56,891 -127% 336,107 -48,318 -114% 124,987 8,573 -93%

16/05 547,545 37,727 -93% 843,136 124,602 -85% 295,591 86,875 -71%

01/06 973,237 336,240 -65% 1,472,779 560,371 -62% 499,542 224,131 -55%

16/06 1,285,114 553,432 -57% 1,945,225 965,520 -50% 660,111 412,088 -38%

01/07 1,692,642 828,077 -51% 2,548,672 1,456,072 -43% 856,030 627,995 -27%

16/07 2,104,663 1,253,822 -40% 3,163,990 2,131,274 -33% 1,059,327 877,452 -17%

01/08 2,558,415 1,737,433 -32% 3,849,025 2,908,935 -24% 1,290,610 1,171,502 -9%

16/08 2,961,059 2,228,263 -25% 4,497,189 3,690,840 -18% 1,536,130 1,462,577 -5%

01/09 3,423,351 2,775,266 -19% 5,233,357 4,549,223 -13% 1,810,006 1,773,957 -2%

16/09 3,861,669 3,295,324 -15% 5,899,236 5,360,154 -9% 2,037,567 2,064,830 1%

01/10 4,283,534 3,701,928 -14% 6,562,953 5,994,055 -9% 2,279,419 2,292,127 1%

16/10 4,570,585 4,207,235 -8% 7,024,963 6,747,202 -4% 2,454,378 2,539,967 3%

01/11 4,809,441 4,662,373 -3% 7,417,651 7,431,989 0% 2,608,210 2,769,616 6%

16/11 4,956,446 5,017,516 1% 7,704,910 7,950,961 3% 2,748,464 2,933,445 7%

01/12 4,998,009 5,366,915 7% 7,801,802 8,439,611 8% 2,803,793 3,072,696 10%

16/12

01/01

16/01

01/02

16/02

01/03

16/03

01/04

Source: UNICA. Note: The production considered the conversion of anhydrous ethanol into hydrous ethanol in South-Central region of Brazil (m3).

Bi-weekly 

period

ANHYDROUS ETHANOL (m3)

São Paulo South-Central region Others states
Table 7. Bi-weekly hydrous ethanol production, ACCUMULATED - results for the South-Central region 

2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%) 2011/12 2012/13 Var. (%)

16/04 89,562 107,650 20% 196,354 220,616 12% 106,792 112,966 6%

01/05 296,868 300,991 1% 569,628 595,022 4% 272,760 294,031 8%

16/05 741,087 579,935 -22% 1,329,842 1,194,899 -10% 588,755 614,964 4%

01/06 1,346,294 1,038,153 -23% 2,437,310 2,053,011 -16% 1,091,016 1,014,858 -7%

16/06 1,859,809 1,297,440 -30% 3,415,723 2,646,148 -23% 1,555,914 1,348,708 -13%

01/07 2,439,600 1,650,069 -32% 4,529,219 3,362,082 -26% 2,089,619 1,712,013 -18%

16/07 2,981,945 2,110,366 -29% 5,560,174 4,291,349 -23% 2,578,229 2,180,983 -15%

01/08 3,525,254 2,584,863 -27% 6,606,632 5,296,544 -20% 3,081,378 2,711,681 -12%

16/08 4,024,450 3,055,073 -24% 7,581,778 6,268,962 -17% 3,557,328 3,213,889 -10%

01/09 4,533,423 3,570,561 -21% 8,589,687 7,335,345 -15% 4,056,264 3,764,784 -7%

16/09 5,009,275 4,046,654 -19% 9,537,433 8,333,935 -13% 4,528,158 4,287,281 -5%

01/10 5,518,884 4,397,517 -20% 10,499,831 9,136,318 -13% 4,980,947 4,738,801 -5%

16/10 5,847,264 4,834,039 -17% 11,141,826 10,002,333 -10% 5,294,562 5,168,294 -2%

01/11 6,153,243 5,212,395 -15% 11,716,653 10,806,671 -8% 5,563,410 5,594,276 1%

16/11 6,414,728 5,505,724 -14% 12,178,366 11,341,687 -7% 5,763,638 5,835,963 1%

01/12 6,553,115 5,840,626 -11% 12,469,280 11,942,730 -4% 5,916,165 6,102,104 3%

16/12

01/01

16/01

01/02

16/02

01/03

16/03

01/04

Source: UNICA. 

Bi-weekly 

period

HYDROUS ETHANOL (m3)

São Paulo South-Central region Others states
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Table 8. Ethanol sales by mills in South-Central region, per ethanol type and destination (m3).

2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13

Apr 1,126,450 1,395,305 16,499 73,115 1,109,951 1,322,190

May 1,830,070 1,642,224 108,214 151,794 1,721,856 1,490,430

Jun 2,172,395 1,661,781 228,404 233,801 1,943,991 1,427,980

Jul 2,082,153 1,921,828 299,610 425,803 1,782,543 1,496,025

Aug 2,047,911 2,083,696 207,357 451,002 1,840,554 1,632,694

Sep 1,857,473 1,955,985 190,879 428,747 1,666,594 1,527,238

Oct 1,785,258 2,143,488 240,870 386,877 1,544,388 1,756,611

Nov 1,755,822 2,111,568 238,180 439,245 1,517,642 1,672,323

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Total 14,657,532 14,915,875 1,530,013 2,590,384 13,127,519 12,325,491

Apr 600,360 528,692 793 54,601 599,567 474,091

May 689,833 645,743 37,655 119,235 652,178 526,508

Jun 675,265 753,708 39,000 190,586 636,265 563,122

Jul 722,977 868,957 82,638 285,213 640,339 583,744

Aug 708,027 899,473 55,814 288,425 652,213 611,048

Sep 716,532 861,088 70,438 280,356 646,094 580,732

Oct 642,564 869,131 85,318 209,071 557,246 660,060

Nov 733,358 860,230 159,896 257,413 573,462 602,817

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Total 5,488,916 6,287,022 531,552 1,684,900 4,957,364 4,602,122

Apr 526,090 866,613 15,706 18,514 510,384 848,099

May 1,140,237 996,481 70,559 32,559 1,069,678 963,922

Jun 1,497,130 908,073 189,404 43,215 1,307,726 864,858

Jul 1,359,176 1,052,871 216,972 140,590 1,142,204 912,281

Aug 1,339,884 1,184,223 151,543 162,577 1,188,341 1,021,646

Sep 1,140,941 1,094,897 120,441 148,391 1,020,500 946,506

Oct 1,142,694 1,274,357 155,552 177,806 987,142 1,096,551

Nov 1,022,464 1,251,338 78,284 181,832 944,180 1,069,506

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Total 9,168,616 8,628,853 998,461 905,484 8,170,155 7,723,369

Source: UNICA. Note: Anhydrous ethanol sales to domestic market include the volumes imported by producers and non producers. Total ethanol Anhydrous ethanol Hydrous ethanol

Product

Domestic market

Month

Total External market
Staff:

Antônio de Pádua Rodrigues

Technical Director

Luciano Rodrigues

Economic Department Manager

Celma Ramalho Gaudêncio

Business Intelligence Analyst 

 

Cezar Sallum

Planning Assistant

Cleber dos Santos Valin

Planning Assistant

Maria Andrade Pinheiro

Economic Analyst

Mariana Regina Zechin

Economic Analyst

Valdemir Nunes Machado

Systems Analyst

Data released in this report has been compiled and analyzed by UNICA, with figures provided by mills 

and by the following associations of producers from South-Central states:

 Ethanol and sugar producers association in the state of Paraná (Alcopar);

 Bioenergy producers association of Mato Grosso do Sul (Biosul);

 Sugar and ethanol industries association in the state of Minas Gerais (SIAMIG); 

 Association of ethanol industry of Goiás state (SIFAEG);

 Sugar and ethanol industry association of Mato Grosso (SINDALCOOL);

 Plants and distilleries society of Espírito Santo state (SUDES); 

 “Fluminense” association of sugar and ethanol producers (SINDAAF). 

Data regarding weather and agricultural conditions has been provided by the Center for Sugarcane 

Technology (CTC). 

This report has been prepared for informative purposes only and is available free of charge from 

www.unica.com.br/unicadata. 

UNICA has endeavored to ensure that all data and information utilized are precise and obtained from credible sources. 

However, the organization is not responsible for decisions of any nature, financial or otherwise, that might be undertaken 

based on the contents of this report. Reproduction of this report, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, is 

permitted only with The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) credited as the source.
SUDES

SINDAAF