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LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Raw sugar futures on ICE hit their highest in nearly six years on Thursday as flows from no. 2 exporter India, much needed at this time of the year, dwindle.
SUGAR
* March raw sugar SBc1 was up 1.2% at 20.53 cents per lb, having earlier hit its highest since Feb 2017 at 20.73.
* Dealers said mills in India are producing almost no raw sugar at the moment because whites are currently more lucrative, leaving the market short at a time when top exporter Brazil is in between harvests.
* They added that Indian refiners who normally buy raws locally are actually importing them from the world market, namely from Brazil.
* March white sugar LSUc1 rose 0.9% to $559.70 a tonne.
COFFEE
* March arabica coffee KCc2 rose 1.9% to $1.7125 per lb, having gained 0.1% on Wednesday.
* CTA analyst Ryan Delaney said coffee has garnered support from the massive hailstorm that hit top producer Brazil this week, which he estimates damaged the developing crop by 0.1-2.7 million bags.
* March robusta coffee LRCc2 rose 0.2% to $1,882 a tonne.
* Coffee markets in top robusta producer Vietnam were subdued this week, with buyers lacking interest and bulk supplies not reaching traders as beans were still in the drying process.
* Dealers said buying should pick up ahead of the Tet New Year holidays on Jan. 22.
COCOA
* March London cocoa LCCc1 rose 0.6% to 1,897 pounds per tonne, having ​settled down 0.1% on Wednesday.
* Ghana’s annual consumer inflation accelerated to a 21-year high of 50.3% in November, a day after the world’s no. 2 cocoa producer secured a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $3 billion, three-year support package.
* March New York cocoa CCc2 rose 0.1% to $2,535 a tonne.
(Reporting by Maytaal Angel; Editing by Jan Harvey)
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