SAO PAULO: Brazil’s center-south crushed 73,000 tonnes of sugarcane in the first half of February, industry group Unica said on Monday, up from the same period last year when processing had been finished by this time due to poor climate conditions.

Sugar output reached 2,000 tonnes, while total ethanol output rose 30.86% year-on-year to 207.26 million liters, as the current cycle nears its end and Brazil enters a period between crops.

Unica’s ethanol data also includes fuel made from corn.