Soft Commodities

LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Arabica coffee futures slipped on Friday and were on course for a weekly loss as the market retreated further from last week's record high while cocoa prices also fell. * ...

Brazil's 2025/26 coffee crop is projected to fall 8% from the previous season to 59.75 million 60-kg bags due to the impact of last year's drought and larger-than-expected pruning of coffee trees, ...

Sales of next season’s cocoa crop in top producer Ivory Coast are off to a slow start, as exporters reel from a blistering rally that has made it riskier to hedge purchases.

Ivory Coast's cocoa grind fell 0.2% year-on-year in January to 63,225 metric tons, data from exporter association GEPEX showed on Thursday. The total grind from the start of the 2024/25 season in ...

Global commodities traders are moving forward with possible rule changes aimed at protecting sugar buyers on deliveries sold through a major New York exchange.Most Read from BloombergWhy Barcelona Bou ...

Johnvents, a Nigerian agribusiness and manufacturing firm, has gained $40.5 million from the UK's development finance institution to more than double its cocoa processing capacity to 30,000 metric ...

LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Robusta coffee futures fell on Monday, slipping further from last week's record peak, while London cocoa and white sugar prices edged higher. Arabica coffee, raw sugar and ...

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Results of the National Cotton Council’s 44th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey show that U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 9.6 million total cotton acres this spring, down 14.5% from ...

* Arabica coffee futures are expected to fall by about 30% by the end of 2025, with recent record prices expected to curb demand and early signs pointing to a bumper Brazilian crop next year, a ...

Stocks of cocoa in London and New York have plunged to all-time lows in the latest sign of a shortage that has forced chocolate makers desperate to meet Valentine’s Day demand to seek alternative ...

Brazil's Energy and Mining Minister Alexandre Silveira said on Thursday that a potential U.S. tariff on Brazilian ethanol would be unreasonable, emphasizing that the two countries have historically ...

The mid-sized coffee merchant Central do Cafe in Brazil's Minas Gerais state suspended operations temporarily starting this week, seeking to renegotiate its debts, according to a note shared by ...

HAZLETON, PA. — Cargill is planning to halt production at its cocoa and chocolate facility in Hazleton, Pa., in May. Production is expected to shift to other Cargill plants in North America, where the ...

Disruptive weather linked to climate change has dented coffee bean supplies, which industry experts warn could soon leave a bitter taste in consumers’ mouths.

Arabica coffee futures are expected to fall by around 30% by the end of 2025, with recent record high prices expected to curb demand and early signs pointing to a bumper Brazilian crop next year, a ...

Indonesia plans to import around 200,000 metric tons of raw sugar to top up government's food reserve as white sugar prices have climbed in the domestic market ahead of Ramadan, the National Food ...

A surge in the cost of trading arabica coffee on the ICE exchange has exacerbated a rally that has already driven prices for raw, unroasted beans to 14 successive records over the last three weeks, ...

India has exported up to 500,000 metric tons of sugar so far this season, but the pace is already slowing, and it may struggle to fulfil the one million tons allowed by the government, trade and ...

Coffee futures in New York rose more than 6% on Monday in the ICE exchange to a fresh all-time high above $4.30 per pound, with some market participants citing panic in the market amid limited coffee ...

Global food commodity prices fell in January, led by sharp declines in sugar and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.

The Brazilian coffee industry is worried that sky-high coffee prices are leading some companies to expand offerings of what it calls fake coffee in the local market, as they seek to attract consumers ...

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The relentless coffee price rally continued on Thursday as arabica futures on the ICE exchange hit a new record approaching $4 per lb on extremely tight supplies and fears over the outlook for the ...

Global arabica coffee prices hit record highs above $3.60 per lb on Wednesday as Brazil, by far the world's largest producer, has few beans left to sell and as worries over its upcoming harvest ...

India's coffee exports are expected to decline more than 10% in 2025 due to lower production and reduced carry-forward stocks from last season's crop, even as beans fetch record high prices, industry ...

Arabica coffee futues surged to a record high on Monday on worries supply risks due to US tariff threat against Colombia. Futures in New York rose as much as 0.9 per cent on Monday and are up more ...

The chair of a British parliamentary committee said on Friday that British consumers and investors wanted the truth on whether products with cotton from China's Xinjiang province were sold by online ...

Indian traders are struggling to sign export contracts even after New Delhi allowed the export of 1 million metric tons as mills are seeking a hefty premium over London prices, which overseas buyers ...

Thai businesses are expected to incur up to 1 billion baht ($29.5 million) in losses from China's ban on sugar syrup and premixed powder exports from the Southeast Asian nation, with shipments left ...