Soft Commodities

People who put chocolate and coffee at the top of the food pyramid recently got a shock: Prices for both zoomed higher due to poor global harvests and strong demand, shattering records set way ...

People who put chocolate and coffee at the top of the food pyramid recently got a shock: Prices for both zoomed higher due to poor global harvests and strong demand, shattering records set way ...

The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation has announced the 2025-crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton.

LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Coffee prices rose on Tuesday as investor focus returned to extremely tight stocks and relief in wider markets after U.S. President Donald Trump's latest changes in ...

The international price of Arabica beans, which are mainly used in cafes, broke the $9-per-kilogram threshold in February. It dropped slightly to $8.90 in March, still 1.9 times higher on the year.

As Easter approaches, Americans are set to indulge in a chocolate extravaganza, with a jaw-dropping 73 million pounds of chocolate expected to be consumed this holiday season– likely equating to more ...

World cocoa and coffee prices recovered on Friday from steep falls mid-week amid the tariff woes, but still posted weekly losses as investors continue to fear a global recession. The U.S ...

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Ghana has kept the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers unchanged after careful consideration of financial implications for the industry, according to a letter from regulator Cocobod to licensed ...

Oil prices fell to a four-year low on Wednesday while several commodities, including coffee, tumbled as the trade war between China and the U.S. intensified.

Oil slid around 3% on Monday to its weakest since 2021, while most commodity markets including metals and coffee declined as the intensifying trade war between the United States and China triggered ...

The 34% reciprocal tariff announced by China on Friday is in addition to the original 20% retaliatory tariff China issued in March, which targeted 15 products including beef, cotton, grain sorghum, ...

World cocoa, coffee and sugar prices slid again on Friday as markets remained rattled by U.S. president Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, especially after China retaliated with its own levies on U.S.

Coffee futures fell for a third day as the market digested a wave of US tariffs against the world’s top producers.Most Read from BloombergHousing Agency Aims to Relocate Its DC HeadquartersMetro-North ...

ISLAMABAD -- Sugar prices in Pakistan jumped nearly 30% to their highest level in a year during Ramadan, with experts blaming mills for intentionally squeezing domestic supplies.

World cocoa and coffee prices fell on Thursday as investors fretted that President Donald Trump's move to slap punishing tariffs on U.S. imports would damage chocolate and coffee demand in the world's ...

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on major cocoa-producing countries are giving European chocolate companies a competitive advantage over those in the US.Most Read from BloombergMetro-North Is Faster ...

World cocoa and coffee prices fell on Wednesday as investors fretted that President Donald Trump's move to slap punishing tariffs on U.S. imports would damage chocolate and coffee demand in the ...

Coffee in the US risks getting even more expensive as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff measures hit Vietnam, one of its biggest suppliers, with hefty levies.

"Both the coffee industry and candy manufacturers will lobby hard to have the tariffs removed from these products," said soft commodities analyst Judith Ganes, president of J Ganes Consulting.

It hit 18 closing highs so far and logged its best performance since the third quarter of 1986. The bullion topped $3,100 per ounce for the first time ever and has further upside potential (read: Gold ...

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NEW YORK, March 28 (Reuters) - Arabica coffee futures rose slightly on Friday on ICE but posted a 3% weekly loss, while raw sugar prices fell to a two-week low. * Arabica coffee settled up 1.15 cent, ...

LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - Arabica coffee futures traded on the ICE exchange hit their lowest in a month on Thursday, as concerns grow that consumption might fall in response to high prices. * ...

The bad news is they will be up to 25% more expensive ... Currently responsible for covering high impact events in soft commodities and agricultural commodities more broadly, analysing industry ...

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India will not restrict mills from exporting the 1 million metric tons of sugar permitted for the current season, sources said, quashing speculation that falling output estimates for the current year ...

The Ugandan shilling was largely stable on Wednesday, with some hard currency inflows from commodity exports like coffee, cocoa and others providing support, traders said.

Sugar, a politically sensitive commodity, is heavily regulated by the government. As well as setting the price for cane that mills must pay to growers, the federal government fixes the quantity each ...