The price of hydrated ethanol starts to rise again in São Paulo

The price of hydrated ethanol has started to rise again in the state of São Paulo after six weeks of decline, according to a survey by Cepea. According to the research center, in addition to the heating of demand, with the participation of independent distributors and larger ones, the supply was limited – either due to rains, which paralyzed agricultural and industrial activities, or due to the retraction of sellers, attentive to the product stocks in tanks and betting on higher values. Researchers also explain that another factor that is beginning to provide more support to prices is the proximity of the end of the 2025/26 harvest in the Central-South region. In this scenario, between October 13 and 17, the CEPEA/ESALQ Indicator of hydrated ethanol for the ...