Futures Market News
Sugar prices climb to highest level in a month
Mar 16, 2012 10:49 AM
Sugar futures climbed to the highest level achieved by the commodity in a month due to speculation that the European Union will need to import more of the sweetener, Bloomberg News reports.
According to the news source, the harvest in Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar, is set to be delayed, and the Committee of European Sugar Users, has asked the EU to boost supplies of the crop after shortages of the commodity temporarily disrupted food manufacturing.
The harvest in Brazil's main region for production, the Center South, will likely start 10 days later than last year, Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, technical director at industry group Unica, noted on March 2.
"Raw sugar prices rose sharply overnight on news that the EU may need an additional 1 million tons of imports on near-term shortages," Paul Deane, an economist at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., wrote in a report e-mailed today, as reported by Bloomberg.
London May white sugar futures eased $0.20 or 0.03 percent to $669.80 per ton, Reuters reports.
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