Sugarcane producers in Minas Gerais, Brazil, account for up to 44% of the country's sugar cane producers

According to the latest yearbook of sugar cane wine published recently by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA), the number and product range of cachaça and sugar cane liquor (aguardente) in Minas Gerais is currently the highest in the country.
statistics, there are 951 producers of such alcoholic beverages registered nationwide, of which 44 per cent (421) are located in Minas Gerais.
Brazil's "g1globo" website reported on May 30th that the number of producers of such beverages in the state of S?o Paulo was 126, ranking second in the country, well below the first figure.
carlos Lima, executive director of the IBRAC in Brazil, says that while the number of registered producers is only the second highest in the country, the state of S?o Paulo is now the largest producer of sugar cane wine in the country.
said the number advantage of sugarcane producers and wine varieties in Minas Gerais was due to the strong local sugarcane culture.
he points out that most local producers currently pay taxes under the Simples Tax Act, which reduces some of the tax payable.
statistics, the state has 378 sugar cane wine and liquor industry enterprises are using the above-mentioned tax method.
mapa said the release was the first edition of the sugarcane yearbook, which used registration data from December.
said the study was "very important" in developing public policies related to the industry.
he said the Ministry of Agriculture did not release data on sugarcane production, which Ibrac estimates amount to about 700 million litres a year in Brazil.
according to Ibrac, Minas Gerais has only the seventh largest export of sugar cane wine in the country, with the first place being obtained by the state of S?o Paulo.