Sugar and Ethanol Consultancy

DATAGRO is the largest consultancy of ethanol and sugar in the world. Its team consists of 62 collaborators, concentrating forces in the head office located in Alphaville-São Paulo, and in five other units – Sao Paulo/Paulista, New York, Recife, Santos and RibeirãoPreto. The team is constantly recycling knowledge to enable the company to continuously evolve as a center of excellence, providing services to the sugar and biofuel sectors worldwide. Through innovative and differentiated analyzes it provides tools for better understanding of the market, adding value to the commercial and strategic positioning of its customers.

As a consultant on ethanol and sugar, DATAGRO has advised the Brazilian Government and other countries on initiatives related to energy planning (ethanol, gasoline and other biofuels), deregulation of industry, integration and trade disputes. In addition, DATAGRO is continuously working towards the development of initiatives on biofuels in different parts of the world.

DATAGRO’s customer base is spread in 41 countries, and five continents, and is comprised of sugar, ethanol and biodiesel producers, trading companies, banks, fuel distributors, input suppliers, governments, investment and hedge funds, and logistics companies.

Reports

• Supply & Demand Estimate for Brazil's 2012/13 Crop (10th estimate)
• Supply & Demand Estimate for Brazil's 2013/14 Crop (3rd estimate)
• DATAGRO World Sugar Balance - Apr/13
• Trends & Analysis

VIP Reports

• Rains hamper sugarcane crushing in the Center South
• RIN prices for ethanol resumed growth and follow biodiesel market
• Brazil increases sugar exports via container
• Thailand prioritizes white sugar exports
• Dollar's increase eases losses with sugarprice
• Sugar and ethanol exports grow in May
• The production of sugar in the Center-South more than doubles up to the first fortnight of May
• The price of ethanol to the consumer drops in 14 Brazilian states
• Thailand closes milling in 2012/13 with record
• The US and Mexico are discussing a plan to produce ethanol from sugar surplus
• DATAGRO revises global balance for 2012/13 and releases first forecast for 2013/14
• Sugarcane crushing in Central-South continues in the second half of April
• USA: first sugar production forecast for 2013/14
• Provisional measure is published granting assumed credit of PIS/COFINS on ethanol sale
• India: there are few plants still in operation in 2012/13.

Sugar News

• Relação entre preços do etanol e gasolina cai a 64,84%
• CMN reformula programa de apoio a canaviais para estimular produção de etanol
• Nigéria planeja autossuficiência na produção de açúcar em 10 anos
• Sul-coreana Nofi importa 58 mil toneladas de milho
• CMN define preços mínimos da safra 2013/14 na próxima reunião
• Cepea: Açúcar cristal em SP remunera 7,7% mais que exportação
• A retomada do setor sucroenergético
• Ociosidade nas usinas de cana-de-açúcar está próxima de 18%
• Conselho Monetário reduz taxa de juros do ProRenova
• Ociosidade nas usinas de cana-de-açúcar está próxima de 18%
• Lucro líquido da Copersucar caiu na safra 2012/13
• Produtos básicos impulsionam exportações no ano
• Açúcar: mercado paulista remunera 7,7% mais que exportação
• Investimentos em biocombustíveis caíram quase pela metade em 2012
• Açúcar cristal em SP remunera 7,7% mais que exportação--Cepea

Sugar News International

• USDA to spend $38M to support sugar prices
• First sugar ship sets sail after flood
• A sour outlook for sugar stocks
• Sugar Drops as U.S. Buying Plan Seen Failing to Curb World Glut
• Sugarcane production may decline by 20%
• Ethanol?s Discount to Gasoline Widens on Outlook for More Output
• Ethanol margins improve in past 3 months
• Enzyme development means increased ethanol yield, energy savings
• Conservatives attack Republican effort to expand ethanol mandate
• Gevo Begins Countdown to Ethanol's End
• Cuba reports sugar production rose 8 percent, lower than expected
• Crowd to fund sugar glider research
• Coffee Resumes Decline on Vietnam, Bearish Bets; Sugar Retreats
• Sugar output may fall 8-10% in FY 14: Renuka Sugars
• Brazil Area's Sugar Millers Seen Turing More Cane Into Ethanol