Atvos maintains productivity in the 2019/2020 harvest and reaches an all-time TRS record

Atvos, among the largest ethanol producers in Brazil, closes its 2019/2020 harvest with a total milling of 26.9 million tons of sugarcane, A 1% increase compared to the 2018/2019 cycle. The business produced 2.14 billion liters of ethanol (hydrated and anhydrous), in addition to 235,000 tons of VHP sugar and the cogeneration of 2.8 thousand GWh of electricity from biomass.

The average TRS (Total Recoverable Sugar) content recorded during the period resulted in the company’s best historical result of 133.8 kg/hectare, surpassing the previous indicator by 2%.

“This mark is the result of improvements in varietal management and the intensive use of ripeners on over 100,000 hectares. Maintaining the productivity level of the previous crop was another important achievement”, explains Celso Ferreira, responsible for operations and engineering at Atvos.

The company explores a total of 498,000 hectares of sugarcane. In 2019/2020, 67 thousand hectares were planted (considering own planting and that carried out by suppliers), a decrease of 7.6% compared to the previous crop, mainly due to cash restrictions. Of this planted area, 92% were devoted to renovation, fundamental for the company to reach its operational maturity.

The planting of suppliers reached 32.1 kha, a growth of 13%. Sugarcane suppliers were responsible for 34% of the processed raw material, surpassing the previous 30% share. This increase is the result of a greater transfer of area to suppliers, which increased 17% above the 2018/2019 harvest.

The TCR (Total Corrected Recovered) remained at 94%, reflecting the improvements made between harvests, especially in the extraction, fermentation and in operational continuity.

Atvos projects to mill approximately 26.9 million tons of sugarcane in this new harvest, enough to produce 1.9 billion liters of ethanol and 447,000 tons of sugar. During the period, the company expects to invest R$ 350 million in the renovation and expansion of sugarcane fields, agricultural equipment and industrial improvements.

“With the approval of the court-supervised reorganization, we expect to complete our financial restructuring and initiate a new cycle of investments that foresees approximately R$ 1,1 billion in resources per harvest for the agricultural and industrial areas and, thus, we seek to reach our maximum operating capacity”, reinforces Alexandre Perazzo, Atvos Financial Manager.