Brazil 2025/26 sugar output expected to rise to 41.42 mln metric tons, Datagro says

Brazil’s sugar production in the key center-south region in the 2025/2026 season is expected to rise 3.1% from the previous season to 41.42 million metric tons, Plinio Nastari, president of Agribusiness consultancy Datagro, said on Tuesday. The increase is expected despite a slight drop in sugarcane processing because the percentage of cane being directed to producing sugar over ethanol is expected to hit 52.1%, up from 48.1% in the previous season. Sugar production for the next crop year – April 2026 to March 2027 – in the center-south region was estimated at 43.2 million metric tons, Datagro said. The forecast increase of around 4% versus the current season comes amid expectations of an increase in sugarcane processing, Nastari said at an industry event in Sao Paulo. “We think a good estimate for 2026/27 sugarcane is around 625 million tons, but it could range from 605 million to 640 million,” Nastari said, noting that the projections depend on weather conditions. The current ...