“Lower import demand overall, especially from Russia and China, remains a drag on this market, and production growth elsewhere will still lead to another surplus globally,” Kona Haque, Macquarie analyst, said in a note.
On the supply side, Brazil, the world’s top producer, is set to export about 2.17 million metric tons of sugar, a 31% jump over the pas week, reports Isis Almeida for Bloomberg.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.