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This is your Daily Sugar Price Tracker with Vanessa Clark podcast.
Hey sugar lovers, welcome back to the Daily Sugar Price Tracker. I am Vanessa Clark, and today we are breaking down what is happening right now in the global sugar market so you can stay on top of prices, trends, and what they might mean for your wallet or your business.
Let us start with the headline number everyone is searching for today. The world benchmark raw sugar contract, Sugar Number Eleven traded in New York, is currently around 14 point 85 cents per pound for the March twenty twenty six futures contract, according to Barchart. That is slightly lower on the day, down about zero point zero six cents, after giving up some early gains when crude oil prices slumped. When oil falls, mills, especially in Brazil, often shift more cane into sugar instead of ethanol, which can increase sugar supply and pressure prices.
On the white sugar side, March twenty twenty six futures in London recently closed near 424 dollars per tonne, based on commentary from Czapp. That keeps white sugar comfortably within its recent trading range, with only modest intraday swings.
Globally, there is still a bearish undertone in sugar prices because supply is looking ample. Trading Economics reports that sugar futures have been hovering around 14 point 9 cents per pound recently, supported at times by a weaker dollar but weighed down by high inventories. The International Sugar Organization expects a global sugar surplus of about 1 point 63 million tonnes in the twenty twenty five to twenty twenty six season, a sharp turnaround from the deficit seen in the previous year. Brazil, the worlds largest exporter, continues to post strong production, and India has reported sugar output in the first two months of its twenty twenty five to twenty twenty six season up about 43 percent year on year, according to recent industry updates cited by Barchart.
Not all the news is about oversupply, though. Some dealers have pointed out that in Thailand, a key exporter, some farmers are switching from sugarcane to cassava due to low sugar prices and local sanitary issues. That could trim future supply a bit and may help put a floor under prices if the shift continues.
In China, sugar futures on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange have been a bit firmer. Xinhua reports that the most active January twenty twenty six sugar contract recently closed at 5,358 yuan per tonne, up 27 yuan on the day. China is a major sugar consumer and importer, so firmer domestic futures there are an important signal traders watch closely.
So what does all this mean for you if you are a small food business, a baker, or just someone who tracks sugar for budgeting or trading
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