Brazil 1H October sugarcane crushing forecast to fall 1.5%
Sugarcane crushing in Brazil's key center-south region in the first half of October is forecast to fall 1.5% to 33.42 million metric tons versus the year-earlier period, according to a survey of 11 analysts from S&P Global Commodity Insights published on Tuesday.
Sugar production in the region is expected to increase by 0.6% to 2.47 million tons, the survey found.
The table below includes the S&P Global Commodity Insights survey for the period in 2025/26, the published UNICA figures for 2024/25, and the percentage change:
2025/26** | UNICA 2024/25 | Change (%) | |
CANE CRUSH | 33.42 | 33.94 | -1.5 |
SUGAR OUTPUT | 2.469 | 2.454 | +0.6 |
ETHANOL OUTPUT* | 1.973 | 2.037 | -3.1 |
TRS (kg/T) | 155.80 | 160.32 | -2.8 |
CANE TO SUGAR (%) | 49.72 | 47.33 |
*Includes corn ethanol
**Estimates for cane and sugar in million metric tons, ethanol in billion liters, total recoverable sugar (TRS) in kilogram per ton.
