Founded in 1959, Copersucar has devoted its years in the market to transforming sugar cane into a major business. The private cooperative brings together cane, sugar and alcohol producers and is fully committed to the results of its members. The principal challenge in the institutional field consists of consolidating sectoral self-administration, seeking short- and long-term harvest planning, without which the stability of the sugar and alcohol markets becomes uncertain.

The new administrative process introduced into the Cooperative in recent years has enabled better business direction and has certainly contributed to increasingly achieving better than average market results for the group. This has been made possible by the introduction of a mechanism that enables the cooperative to monitor the performance of its trading in relation to the market monthly, based on a transparent and understandable methodology, using published and easily auditable information. This has allowed us to reach a new level of relations and management of the Cooperative's and its associates' results.

The Cooperative ended the 2007/2008 harvest with a consolidated income of R$ 4.48 billion. The figure is strategically distributed among the markets in which the cooperative participates and, alongside a bold exporting stance, denotes the historical responsibility to internal fuel alcohol markets and to industrial and business partners in the domestic market.

Despite all the international trade restrictions, the Brazilian sugar cane agribusiness has been becoming increasingly competitive, with heightened growth and market conquest, consolidating Brazil as the most important global producer and exporter of the product. This characterizes a collection of victories by previous administrations. The responsibility for consolidating these victories falls upon the current administration, overcoming new challenges to maintain a successful trajectory.

The transparency of its actions in the marketplace, through quarterly meetings with financial institutions, has contributed to Copersucar's increased credibility and distinctive image. The country's Balance of Payments reveal the company's important participation, generating exchange value of between US$ 300 million and US$ 400 million, and with the equivalent of US$ 400 million saved annually by using fuel alcohol as a substitute for foreign petroleum derivatives.