{"id":23064,"date":"2025-08-20T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=23064"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:10:15","slug":"raw-cane-sugar-gets-a-brief-price-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/08\/20\/raw-cane-sugar-gets-a-brief-price-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw cane sugar gets a brief price break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Traded sugar in the United States and the UK posted slim price gains on August 19, 2025, with raw cane futures up 0.37%, day-on-day. The brief rally followed cane\u00a0yield fall<\/u><\/a>\u00a0news in Brazil.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mirroring New York\u2019s raw cane sugar or #11 was London\u2019s white sugar or #5, which edged up 0.23% on the 19th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though #11 gained $0.06 day-on-day, it did not break the $0.16  per pound (lb) threshold, settling at $0.1634\/lb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gains were to do with Brazil\u2019s cane yield fall in late July and small demand rallies in big consumer markets like Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 15, 2025, Brazil\u2019s Sugarcane Industry Union<\/u><\/a> or Unica reported cane production for the last fortnight of July as down by -0.8%, y-o-y, favoring prices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This price lead lasted briefly, however, for on August 20, raw cane sugar futures lost $0.01 daily, to\u00a0$0.1630\u00a0<\/u><\/a>\u00a0a pound.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R<\/strong>amped up Sugar Production in Brazil<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The current dip echoes the fact that while the cane harvest in central-south Brazil is down, sugar output is up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Unica\u2019s report of August 15, cane conversion into sugar rose to 54.1% so far in 2025. This is versus 50.32% in the mirror period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 18, Covrig Analytics independently cited that mills in Brazil would process more sugar<\/u><\/a> than ethanol, a bearish factor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is despite the government of Brazil on August 1, 2025 raising ethanol blending limits<\/u><\/a> to the E30 standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, with the sweetener posting slim gains only to fall, raw cane sugar futures could remain flat for some time. The statistics below take the case further by examining historical price performance of #11 in the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

United States Raw Cane Sugar Pricing <\/strong>Statistics <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Raw cane sugar is one of the most traded commodities in the United States. Its industry code is sugar  #11 when it is for trade within a country\u2019s borders. Raw cane sugar passes as #16 when it is for bulk delivery to New York duty-free from foreign destinations. Below is a historical look at the pricing history of the two in the U.S., starting, with #11. Data is mined from the Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis:<\/u><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td>Sugar [$\/Ib]<\/strong><\/td>Annual Change <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/td> <\/td> <\/td>0.2694<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
2015<\/td> <\/td> <\/td>0.1067<\/td>-70%<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td> <\/td> <\/td>0.1064<\/td>-10%<\/td><\/tr>
2025 [Jan-Mar]<\/td> <\/td> <\/td>0.1893<\/td>-22.2%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Fig:\u00a0<\/em>sugar #11 price highlights, New York futures, 2010-2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How <\/strong>has sugar no.16 performed in New York in the recent past up to 2025?<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below data, courtesy of the Fed. Bank, St. Louis<\/u><\/a> tables sugar #16\u2019s performance, with key highlights between 2000 and 2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date<\/strong><\/td>Price [$\/lb] for #16<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Q2 2025<\/td>0.3501<\/td><\/tr>
Q1 2025<\/td>0.3695<\/td><\/tr>
Q1 2023<\/td>0.4298<\/td><\/tr>
Q3 2011<\/td>0.3893<\/td><\/tr>
Q1 2000<\/td>0.1770<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Fig:\u00a0<\/em>sugar #16 price highlights, New York futures, 2000-2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Traded sugar in the United States and the UK posted slim price gains on August 19, 2025, with raw cane futures up 0.37%, day-on-day. 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