SOFTS-Arabica coffee prices edge up while cocoa slips

LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Arabica coffee futures on ICE rose on Tuesday, edging back up towards the prior session's near seven-month high, while cocoa prices were slightly lower.

COFFEE

* Arabica coffee KCc2 was up 0.75% at $4.2080 per lb by 1152 GMT after setting a near seven-month high of $4.2125 on Monday.

* Dealers said the run-up had been driven by fund buying against the backdrop of tight supplies in the United States following the imposition of a 50% tariff on shipments from Brazil.

* Brazil’s exports of specialty and instant coffees to the United States appear to have been hit even harder than overall shipments, which include green beans, according to data from industry associations released on Monday.

* Robusta coffee LRCc2 rose a marginal 0.02% to $4,843 a metric ton.

COCOA

* London cocoa LCCc2 fell 1% to 5,137 pounds per ton.

* Dealers said the market was focussed on the development of main crops in West Africa with the 2025/26 season due to start next month.

* Light rainfall combined with sunny spells across most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week is boosting prospects for the upcoming October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday.

* New York cocoa CCc2 fell 1.3% to $7,436 a ton.

SUGAR

* Raw sugar SBc1 eased 0.1% to 15.98 cents per lb.

* A total of 260,750 metric tons of white sugar has been tendered against the October contract on ICE Futures Europe, exchange data showed on Tuesday.

* White sugar LSUc1 was up 0.4% at $467.70 a ton.