Softs: Arabica coffee plumbs fresh 1-1/2-year low, sugar gains

Barry Callebaut AG

03/06/2026 14:09

    LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - Arabica coffee futures on ICE plumbed fresh 1-1/2-year lows on Wednesday, with dealers focused on the prospect of surplus supplies, while raw sugar rose.

     
  
     
COFFEE
* Arabica coffee KCc1 fell 0.7% to $2.5740 per lb​ at 1221 GMT,​ after hitting its lowest since November 2024 at $2.5600.
* A large harvest in top producer Brazil should contribute to a wide global surplus of 9.5 million bags in 2026/27, up from a 1.2 million bag surplus in 2025/26, Rabobank said.
* ICE-certified arabica stocks could, however, remain tight for months before possibly rising by the end of the year, keeping prices volatile, the bank said.
* The stocks KC-TOT-TOT were at 432,781 bags as of June 2, about half the levels seen a year ago.
* Non-certified stocks of green or unroasted coffee in Europe fell 3.6% in April from a year earlier to 6.82 million 60-kg bags, according to data from the European Coffee Federation compiled by the Coffee Trading Academy (CTA).
* Robusta coffee LRCc1 fell 1.4% to $3,417 a ton.
* Top robusta grower Vietnam exported 928,000 metric tons of coffee in the first five months of 2026, up around 8% from the same period a year earlier, government data showed.
     
     
COCOA
* London cocoa LCCc2 fell 2.6% to £3,030 per metric ton, having closed up 5.6% on Tuesday amid supply concerns linked to El Nino.
* Top grower Ivory Coast has started to slow sales due to concerns about the impact of a looming El Nino weather pattern on output, four sources told Reuters.
* The chief of Barry Callebaut BARN.S, the world's top cocoa processor and chocolate producer, said El Nino weather conditions could drive up cocoa bean prices by a few thousand pounds per metric ton.
* New York cocoa CCc1 fell 1.6% to $4,041 a ton, having gained 5.5% on Tuesday.
     
     
SUGAR
* Raw sugar SBc1 ​​rose 0.8% to 14.49 cents per lb, having settled down 0.5% on Tuesday.
* Sugar production in Brazil's key center-south region is expected to have fallen 14% in the first half of May compared with a year earlier, while cane and corn-based ethanol output is projected up 19.7%, an S&P Global Energy survey showed. 
* A new wave of biofuel innovation is sweeping top sugar grower Brazil, meaning sugarcane or corn-based ethanol fuel could before long be complemented by fuels made from grains, tubers and other exotic feedstocks.
* Vietnam has extended anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on some sugar products from Thailand for another five years, the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade said. 
* White sugar LSUc1 fell 0.9% to $445.80 a ton. 

(Reporting by May Angel; Editing by Jonathan Ananda )
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