
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24) this morning is down -0.29 (-1.42%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24) is down -12.90 (-2.05%).
Sugar prices this morning are moderately lower, with NY sugar dropping to a 3-1/2 month low and London sugar falling to a 3-1/2 week low. Increased sugar output in Brazil is undercutting sugar prices after Unica last Friday reported that Brazil's Center-South sugar output in the second half of March was 183,000 MT, up +9% from last year. Also, Brazilian sugar output so far in the 2023-24 marketing year through March is up +25.7% y/y to 42.425 MMT. Brazil's sugar mills have ramped up their cane crushing for more sugar and less ethanol. Mills have crushed 48.87% of total cane for sugar production this year, up from 45.86% last year.