
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24) this morning is up +0.28 (+1.45%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24) is up +11.40 (+2.04%).
Sugar prices this morning moved higher as short covering emerged in sugar futures after Conab cut its Brazil 2023/24 sugar production estimate by -2.6% to 45.7 MMT from a November estimate of 46.9 MMT. Conab's Brazil sugar production estimate was reduced as Conab raised its Brazil 2023/24 ethanol production estimate to 29.7 bln liters from a November estimate of 28 billion liters.