SOFTS-Robusta coffee turns lower after touching three-month high

LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Robusta coffee futures turned lower on Thursday after hitting a three-month peak, though prices remained underpinned by a further decline in exchange stocks.

COFFEE

* Robusta coffee futures LRCc2 lost 1.6% to $4,798 a metric ton by 1111 GMT after setting a three-month high of $4,986.

* Dealers said the market had derived support from a slow but steady decline in exchange stocks as U.S. roasters scramble to secure supplies after the U.S. government imposed a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil.

* Robusta stocks stood at 65,520 tons as of August 27, down from 70,120 tons at the end of July.

* Traders and farmers in top robusta producer Vietnam said on Thursday that coffee trees were unharmed from Typhoon Kajiki, which swept through the country's central area and killed seven people.

* Arabica coffee futures KCc2 lost 1.35% to $3.8010 per lb, slipping back after setting a 3-1/2 month high of $3.9130.

COCOA

* New York cocoa CCc2 was down 0.6% at $7,800 a ton.

* Dealers said the market remained pressured by concern over weakening demand after increases in retail prices for chocolate and other cocoa products.

* London cocoa LCCc2 fell 0.6% to 5,370 pounds a ton.

SUGAR

* Raw sugar SBc1 firmed by 0.1% to 16.49 cents per lb.

* The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has issued an international tender to purchase 100,000 metric tons of white refined sugar, European traders said on Thursday.

* White sugar LSUc1 lost 0.1% to $488.10 a ton.