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New York, 28 February (Reuters) –
On Friday, raw sugar futures fell on ice with focus on the end of the march contract, while coffee and cocoa were also closed.
* Raw sugar futures settled 0.18 percent, or 0.9%, 19.51 cents per LB. The contract lost 8.4% a week.
* Dealers said that the premium for march contract for May
Before its end on Friday, the first of this week fell to about 0.59 cents as high as 1.61 cents.
* Delivery of raw sugar at the end of March contract was seen on Friday at 34,385 lots, or 1.74 million metric tonnes, according to preliminary information from the traders.
* Larger delivery is usually seen as a recession for the market.
* White sugar fell to 1.3% $ 532.60 at a metric ton, which was 4.9% lost weekly.
* Indian mills produced 21.98 million metric tonnes of sugar between October 1 and February 28, said 14% below last year, Maharashtra and Karnataka, an industry body said on less production from major producing states.
* New York Coco settled at $ 131, or 1.4%, $ 9,124 per ton. It was flat for the week.
* BMI said in a note that there were concerns that demand was decreasing in height prices. Prices have been three times in the last two years.
* The International Coco Organization will have a global coco surplus of 142,000 MT in the 2024/25 season (October-September) on Friday forecast.
* London cocoa fell 1.5% to 7,342 pounds per tonne.
* Arabica coffee had changed very little on $ 3.7305 per LB. Contracts lost 4.1% a week.
* Dealers stated that the market stabilized after tambling from a record peak of $ 4.2995 on Wednesday, set on 11 February, at a low of $ 3.6630 on Wednesday.
* Robusta coffee fell 0.9% at $ 5,330 per ton, lost 7% a week. ,
