
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN23) on Tuesday closed down -0.18 (-0.69%), and Aug London white sugar #5 (SWQ23) closed up +0.50 (+0.07%).
Sugar prices Tuesday settled mixed. Sugar prices were pressured by a rally in the dollar index Tuesday to a 2-month high. However, losses in sugar prices were limited by carryover support from Monday when the International Sugar Organization (ISO) cut its 2022/23 global sugar production and sugar surplus estimates. The ISO cut its 2022/23 global sugar production estimate to 177.4 MMT from a previous estimate of 180.4 MMT and cut its 2022/23 global sugar surplus estimate to 852,000 MT from a previous estimate of 4.15 MMT. ISO on May 4 forecasted a global 2023/24 sugar surplus of +2.1 MMT.