Washington, May 5 - Following are selected highlights from a report issued by a U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in Sao Paulo:
"Sugarcane for crushing for MY 2009/10 is projected at 605 million metric tons (mmt), up 7 percent from the previous year, due to continuing area expansion.
Sugar production is forecast to increase to 36.85 mmt, raw value. Sugar exports areforecast at 24.36 mmt, up 4.05 mmt from the previous year, due to expected lower supply from other producing countries such asIndia. Ethanol production for MY 2009/10 is forecast at 28.45 billion liters, while ethanol exports are expected to drop to 3.7 billion liters."