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LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Uncooked sugar futures on ICE edged up on Thursday, boosted by tightening provides, whereas cocoa costs climbed on a possible drop in manufacturing within the upcoming 2021/22 season.
SUGAR
* October uncooked sugar SBc1 rose by 0.1% to 19.69 cents per lb by 1353 GMT.
* Sellers stated excessive freight charges had lowered the urge for food to take supply towards the October contract, which expires on the finish of this month.
* The market was underpinned, nevertheless, by tightening provides after a drop in Brazilian manufacturing, with sugar exports falling to 2.60 million tonnes in August, down from 3.14 million tonnes in the identical month final 12 months.
* “The principle issue driving the upswing in latest weeks has been Brazilian manufacturing, which was first hit by drought after which additionally by frost,” Commerzbank stated in a observe, including sugar costs had risen by greater than 50% over the previous 12 months.
* October white sugar LSUc1 rose by 0.4% to $485.30 a tonne.
COCOA
* December New York cocoa CCc2 rose by 2.4% to $2,600 a tonne.
* Sellers stated the market was supported by an anticipated decline in manufacturing in West Africa throughout the upcoming 2021/22 season, which begins subsequent month.
* Nigeria’s cocoa output is more likely to fall by at the very least 12.5% subsequent season as late and heavy rains threaten to break the primary crop and lift the danger of illness, the president of the nation’s cocoa trade affiliation stated.
* December London cocoa LCCc2 was up 1.5% at 1,785 kilos a tonne.
COFFEE
* November robusta espresso LRCc2 fell by 1.1% to $2,044 a tonne, retreating from a four-year excessive of $2,092 set on Wednesday.
* Sellers stated the market remained underpinned by a pick-up in robusta demand, linked to the excessive value of arabica beans, and the present excessive value of transport provides from prime robusta producer Vietnam.
* Markets in Vietnam had been closed on Thursday and can stay shut on Friday for nationwide holidays.
* December arabica espresso KCc2 was down 0.6% at $1.9455 per lb.
(Reporting by Nigel Hunt Enhancing by David Goodman and Mark Potter)
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