COSAN: the largest Brazilian independent sugar and ethanol producer With 18 manufacturing units and two port terminals in the city of Santos, COSAN currently is the largest individual group in the world in terms of sugarcane byproducts manufacturing. With capacity to grind approximately 44 million tonnes of sugarcane, the Company has a 10.48% share of the Brazilian market. COSAN’s units are located in São Paulo state, with unique conditions of climate, soil and topography, benefiting COSAN to obtain one of the lowest production costs in the world. In addition, its adequate infrastructure and logistics facilitate products flow to the foreign and domestic market. All COSAN’s administrative synergy is ensured by its highly specialized team, which by means of a policy concerned with strategic alliances, acquisitions and leasing enabled over the past years to Cosan expand its industrial complex from 3 to 18 manufacturing units.