Archives for August 9, 2010

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Cocoa goes lower as signs supply pressure may ease

By Jane Byrne

Cocoa fell to a three month low in London on signs that supplies in the world’s biggest producer countries would be boosted by the better crop husbandry initiated over the past three years.

Sweetener users welcome early sugar quota announcement

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set sugar import tariff-rate quotas for the 2011 fiscal year – including extra specialty sugar “to accommodate a rapidly expanding organic food sector”, USDA said.