The lineup of vessels waiting to load sugar in Brazilian ports was unchanged from last week at 32, shipping agents Williams said. It said in a weekly report that 22 vessels were lined up in the southern port of Santos, up from 21 last week.
In north-eastern Brazil, there was one vessel at Maceio, down from two the previous week. At Recife there were no vessels, compared with two a week ago. The center-south, which accounts for 88 percent of national output, started cutting a forecast record cane crop in March and will continue until December. Santos port accounted for 76 percent of sugar tonnage being loaded in the ports of Brazil.