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NEW YORK/LONDON, Might 21 (Reuters) – Raw sugar futures on ICE closed greater than 2% decrease on Friday as speculators liquidated a part of their massive lengthy place amid a stronger greenback. Arabica costs reverted earlier positive aspects to shut down, regardless of persisting transportation issues in Colombia.
SUGAR
* July uncooked sugar SBc1 settled down 0.37 cent, or 2.2%, at 16.67 cents per lb, hitting a one-month low of 16.60 cents through the session.
* Sellers stated speculators, who maintain a big lengthy place within the sweetener, liquidated contracts because the U.S. greenback gained power. Macroeconomic indicators have been usually destructive for commodities on Friday.
* The announcement from India of a minimize on export subsidies is unlikely to have any severe influence on the season’s exports, sellers stated, as it’s broadly thought Indian merchants had contracted to promote over 5.5 million tonnes of the 6 million tonne export goal earlier than the subsidy minimize.
* Brazil’s cane business group Unica is anticipated to launch manufacturing knowledge subsequent week.
* August white sugar LSUc1 settled down $6.00, or 1.3%, at $447.40 a tonne.
COFFEE
* July arabica espresso KCc1settled down 0.85 cent, or 0.6%, at $1.501 per lb, having set a four-year peak of $1.5365 on Thursday.
* Street blockades linked to weeks of anti-government protests in Colombia, the world’s second largest arabica exporter, have been nonetheless in place, stymieing exports and inflicting meals and gasoline shortages.
* U.S.-based espresso importer Caravela instructed purchasers on Friday that shipments of Colombian espresso shall be delayed by as much as 5 weeks on account of the protests.
* Rains which can be forecast to succeed in Brazil’s foremost espresso areas this weekend and intensify within the days after may delay some harvest work, however are anticipated to enhance situations for subsequent 12 months’s crop.
* July robusta espresso LRCc2fell $12, or 0.8%, at $1,478 a tonne.
COCOA
* July London cocoa LCCc1settled up 2 kilos, or 0.1%, to 1,634 kilos per tonne.
* July New York cocoa CCc1closed up $12, or 0.5%, to $2,456 a tonne.
* “Cocoa will stay weak throughout most of 2021 as it’s going to take time for demand to get well, and we anticipate way more vital rises in 2022,” stated Fitch Options in a observe.
* It sees London cocoa averaging 1,750 this 12 months.
(Reporting by Marcelo Teixeira and Maytaal Angel; Modifying by Marguerita Choy and Jane Merriman)
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