date:Sep 14, 2015
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Mills in the Centre South, responsible for some 90% of Brazils sugar output, produced 2.84m tonnes in the second half of August down 6.0% year on year, and well below the 3.0m tonnes expected by investors, according to a Platts Kingsman survey.
Unica attributed the weak result to mills diverting an unexpectedly large portion of cane to making ethanol, rather than sugar, a trend the group said indicates that the migration to the biofuel this season be higher than expected earlier this ye