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A clear opportunity to confirm why sustainable crop-based biofuels deserve their seat at the table, but targets continue to underplay their potential in the transport energy mix. UNICA welcomes the positive developments from the ITRE committee vote today regarding EU renewable energy policy.

Sugar production reached 2,32 million tons in the second half of September 2021. Since the beginning of the 2021/2022 harvest up to October 1st , accumulated sugar production reached 29,19 million tons while in the same period at 2020/2021 harvest season it  was reported 32,06 million tons. The volume of ethanol produced reached 1,98 billion liters in […]

Ethanol as one of the bridges to the new era of sustainable mobility. This is what visitors to the Brazil Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020, which has begun last Friday (1st), will learn in the intervention of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) during the first week of the largest exhibition in the world. UNICA’s […]

Sugar production reached 2,55 million tons in the first half of September 2021. Since the beginning of the 2021/2022 harvest up to September 16th, accumulated sugar production reached 26,83 million tons while in the same period at 2020/2021 harvest season it  was reported 29,19 million tons. The volume of ethanol produced reached 2,06 billion liters in the […]

Sugar production reached 2,95 million tons in the second half of August 2021. Since the beginning of the 2021/2022 harvest up to September 1st , accumulated sugar production reached 24,28 million tons while in the same period at 2020/2021 harvest season it  was reported 25,99 million tons. The volume of ethanol produced reached 2,23 billion liters in […]

Sugar production reached 2,99 million tons in the first half of August 2021. Since the beginning of the 2021/2022 harvest up to August 16th , accumulated sugar production reached 21,32 million tons while in the same period at 2020/2021 harvest season it  was reported 23,05 million tons.  The volume of ethanol produced reached 2,22 billion liters in […]

Sugar production reached 3,03 million tons in the second half of July 2021. Since the beginning of the 2021/2022 harvest up to August 1st , accumulated sugar production reached 18,2 million tons. This result is 7.67% lower than the 19,8 million tons reported over the same period last year. The volume of ethanol produced reached […]

Sugar production reached 2,94 million tons in the first half of July 2021. Since the beginning of the 2020/2021 harvest up to July 16th, accumulated sugar production reached 15,2 million tons. This result is 7.16% lower than the 16,3 million tons reported over the same period last year. The volume of ethanol produced reached 2,16 […]

Sugar production reached 2,89 million tons in the second half of June 2021. Since the beginning of the 2021/2022 harvest up to July 1st , accumulated sugar production reached 12,26 million tons. This result is 8,16% lower than the 13,35 million tons reported over the same period last year.  The volume of ethanol produced reached 2,08 billion liters in the second half of […]

Sugar production reached 2,1 thousand tons in the second half of June 2021. Since the beginning of the 2020/2021 harvest up to June 16th, accumulated sugar production reached 9,3 million tons. This result is 11.9% lower than the 10,6 million tons reported over the same period last year. The volume of ethanol produced reached 1,6 million liters […]

Sugar production reached 2,6 million tons in the second half of May. Since the beginning of the 2020/2021 harvest up to May 31st, accumulated sugar production reached 7,1 million tons. This result is 11.12% lower than the 8 million tons reported over the same period last year. The volume of ethanol produced reached 1,9 billion […]

Sugar production reached 2,376 thousand tons in the first half of May. Since the beginning of the 2020/2021 harvest up to May 16th, accumulated sugar production reached 4,529 thousand tons. This result is 17,5% lower than the 5,490 thousand tons reported over the same period last year. The volume of ethanol produced reached 1,81 billion […]

Sugar production reached 1,515 thousand tons in the second half of April. Since the beginning of the 2020/2021 harvest up to May 1st, accumulated sugar production reached 2,148 thousand tons. This result is 28.51% lower than the 3,005 thousand tons reported over the same period last year. The volume of ethanol produced reached 1,284 million […]

Sugar production reached 624 thousand tons in the first half of April. This result is 35.7% lower than the 971 thousand tons reported over the same period last year. The volume of ethanol produced reached 731 million liters in the first half of April (result 25.9% lower than the volume reported over the same period […]

Earth Day – The sugarcane industry has planted more than 46.6 million seedlings of native species in Sao Paulo state since 2007, according to data from the Greener Ethanol Protocol released by the state government (exact number: 46,674,586). The industry reached this number after planting 2.96 million seedlings of native species during the 2020/2021 harvest, […]