The survey of agricultural input prices – the main products used in sugarcane production – and labor costs, conducted by the Continuing Education Program in Economics and Business Management – PECEGE, for the 2014/2015 harvest, highlighted the importance of the analyzed items in the variation of sugarcane supplier costs. Although the category of soil amendments showed the greatest price variation (160%), it was the category of fertilizers that generated the greatest impact on input costs (R$0.30/ton). Regarding labor, despite the positive price variation caused by the salary adjustment, the variation in production costs was negative, indicating a possible reduction in the workforce due to increased mechanization of the crop. For the 2015/2016 harvest, it is expected that the drop in international prices of petroleum derivatives will mitigate the impacts of currency appreciation, which has a significant influence on input prices, especially on the fertilizer category.
