Brazil ethanol output rises as corn ethanol expands in late May
Brazil’s ethanol output reached 2.13 billion liters in late May, even as cane crush fell 13.08%, with corn ethanol up 12.38% and season sales at 5.66 billion liters.
In the second half of May, Brazil’s south-central mills produced 2.13 billion liters of ethanol, even as sugarcane crush fell 13.08% from a year earlier to 41.55 million tons. Hydrous output climbed 8.32% to 1.33 billion liters, while anhydrous ethanol slipped 1.19% to 793 million liters.
There were 250 ethanol production units in the period, including 231 sugarcane-based plants, 10 corn-based plants and nine dual-feedstock facilities, and corn ethanol output rose 12.38% to 413.2 million liters.
Since the current harvest began April 1, ethanol production reached 7.54 billion liters, up 31.55% from the same point last year. That total included 4.96 billion liters of hydrous ethanol, up 29%, and 2.58 billion liters of anhydrous ethanol, up 36.73%. Corn ethanol accounted for 1.57 billion liters, up 8.63%.
Mills in south-central Brazil sold 2.88 billion liters of ethanol in May, including 1.79 billion liters of hydrous fuel and 1.09 billion liters of anhydrous fuel. Cumulative ethanol sales since the start of the 2026/27 harvest reached 5.66 billion liters.
At the opening of the 2026/27 harvest, the ethanol mix in Center-South Brazil stood at 61.84%, up from 54.77% a year earlier. Brazil closed the 2025/26 Center-South harvest with 611.15 million tonnes of sugarcane crushed and 33.7 billion liters of ethanol produced, including 9.2 billion liters of corn ethanol, about 27% of the total. With 144.71 million tons already crushed since April 1,
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