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Sugar prices spike to 11-year high and could rise further due to extreme weather

  • “Sugar fundamentals are quite bullish for the prices to remain elevated in the short to medium term,” said Girish Chhimwal, a sugar analyst at S&P, citing weather risks plaguing top sugar producers.
  • Prices have been driven up by unseasonal rainfall in India, a poor European beat crop, summer drought conditions as well as OPEC+’s oil output cuts.

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Prices for sugar spiked as rising demand was compounded by a deteriorating weather outlook — and analysts say there’s still room for prices to shoot higher.

Raw sugar futures in recent days rose to 24 cents a pound and reaching an 11-year high.

“Sugar fundamentals are quite bullish for the prices to remain elevated in the short to…

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