SOFTS-Robusta coffee slips back towards recent 16-month low
LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Robusta coffee futures on ICE fell on Friday, slipping back towards a 16-month low set earlier this week, with supplies boosted by newly-harvested crops in Brazil and Indonesia.
COFFEE
* Robusta coffee LRCc2 was down 2.6% to $3,262 a metric ton at 1332 GMT, after setting a 16-month low of $3,166 on Tuesday.
* Brazil's 2025/26 coffee harvest had reached 84% of the planted area as of July 23, consultancy Safras & Mercado said on Friday, up 7 percentage points from the previous week as dry weather supported fieldwork.
* "Favourable weather in Vietnam has (also) supported expectations for a stronger harvest, with our forecast for the 2025/26 season revised to a 5.2% y-o-y increase," said BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions.
* Arabica coffee KCc1 was down 1.5% to $3.0030 per lb.
COCOA
* London cocoa LCCc2 dipped 0.1% to $5,193 a metric ton.
* Dealers said reports next week from Hershey HSY.N and Mondelez MDLZ.O were expected to provide more insight on falling demand.
* Small players in top grower Ivory Coast's cocoa industry say they fear they will go out of business due to the cost of complying with new European Union regulations on the import of commodities linked to deforestation.
* New York cocoa CCc1 lost 0.2% to $8,107 a ton.
SUGAR
* Raw sugar SBc1 fell 0.8% to 16.44 cents/lb, having settled up 2% on Thursday.
* Pakistan has issued an international tender to purchase 100,000 metric tons of white refined sugar, European traders said.
* White sugar LSUc1 fell 1% to $475.40 a ton, having gained 1.9% on Thursday.
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