Brazil Sugar and Molasses Exports Rise in Early January as Prices Weigh on Revenue
Brazil’s sugar and molasses exports rose nearly 16% in average daily volume in early January 2026, but export revenues fell sharply. A 25% drop in global sugar prices cut average earnings per tonne, reducing total export income despite higher shipment volumes, according to Secex data.
Brazil’s exports of sugar and molasses during the first 16 business days of January 2026 rose 15.9% in average daily volume compared with January 2025, according to a report released by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) through its Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex), with data covering up to the fourth week of the month.
Average daily exports increased to 108,605.3 tonnes from 93,739.2 tonnes in January 2025. In cumulative terms, shipments totaled 1,737,684.3 tonnes, while total exports in January last year reached 2,062,261.7 tonnes, in a month that had 22 business days.
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Despite the higher shipment volumes, export revenue declined on a daily average basis. In January 2025, average daily revenue from sugar and molasses exports stood at $45.440 million, but fell to $39.409 million at the start of 2026, a drop of 13.3%. So far this year, Brazil has generated $630.537 million from exports of the products, compared with $999.684 million recorded over the whole of January last year.
The weaker revenue performance is directly linked to a sharp decline in international prices. The average price per tonne of exported sugar fell 25.1%, from $484.8 per tonne in January 2025 to $362.9 per tonne at the start of 2026, limiting Brazil’s export earnings from sugar and molasses despite the increase in shipment volumes.
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Source : Datamar News
