Brazil CS sugar output to rise in 2017/18, exports at record -JOB

Reuters May 9, 2017, 02.45 AM IST

May 8 (Reuters) - Sugar output in Brazil s center-south region will rise to 36.6 million tonnes in the current 2017/18 harvest as millers dedicate more of their cane to production of the sweetener, consultancy JOB Economia said on Monday.

CS millers will crush 593 million tonnes of cane in the current 2017/18 harvest, versus 607.2 million tonnes in 2016/17, said Julio Borges, chief of JOB.

Increase in the amount of cane dedicated to sugar to 48 percent will lift center-south sugar output to 36.6 million tonnes in the 2017/18 harvest that began in April.

That would be up from 35.6 million tonnes last year.

Total Brazil sugar exports to reach record 28.9 million tonnes.

CS ethanol output at 24.3 billion liters, down from 25.7 billion.

SOURCE: industry conference (Reporting by Chris Prentice)