SOFTS-Arabica coffee turns lower after hitting seven-month high

LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Arabica coffee futures on ICE turned lower on Tuesday after earlier hitting a seven-month high while cocoa and raw sugar prices also fell.

COFFEE

* Arabica coffee KCc2 was down 0.8% at $4.1410 per lb by 1345 GMT after setting a seven-month high of $4.24.

* Dealers said the recent 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 fell 1.5% to $4,775 a metric ton.

COCOA

* London cocoa LCCc2 fell 1.7% to 5,101 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 lost 2.3% to $7,364 a ton.

SUGAR

* Raw sugar SBc1 eased 0.3% to 15.95 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 0.2% at $466.90 a ton.