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El cacao subi en Nueva York y Londres por las preocupaciones en que el suministro del mayor productor Costa de
Marfil disminuiran.
El cacao podra comercializarse en torno a los US$3,000 por tonelada mtrica en Nueva York este ao por las
preocupaciones en torno a la seguridad podra evitar que algunos agricultores podran atender adecuadamente sus
cultivos en Costa de Marfil, dijo la Organizacin Internacional del Cacao. Ghana logr un rcord de 903,646 toneladas
del ingrediente para chocolate en su principal temporada de cosecha, un incremento de 54%, mostraron las cifras de
la Junta del Cacao de Ghana.
Maybe it will take some time before shipments from Ivory Coast resume and supply enters the market,
Commerzbank AG analyst Carsten Fritsch wrote in an e-mail today. The reports from Ghana and Ivory Coast suggest
that the market will be flooded with cocoa beans.
Cocoa for July delivery climbed $28, or 0.9 percent, to $2,997 a ton by 9:21 a.m. on ICE Futures U.S. in New York.
Cocoa for July delivery advanced 15 pounds, or 0.8 percent, to 1,828 pounds ($3,015) a ton on NYSE Liffe in
London.
Ivorian supplies were disrupted earlier this year as an armed conflict erupted between the supporters of President
Alassane Ouattara and those of former leader Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to cede power after losing a Nov. 28
election. Gbagbo was captured last month and Ouattara was sworn in as the countrys president on May 21.
Ivory Coast
In the west of the country, because of the particularly ferocious battles that took place there, quite a few farmers
have left their villages so we believe that there is a likelihood that some cocoa farms will not be tended at all, ICCO
Executive Director Jean-Marc Anga said in an interview at the organizations offices in London last week.
Crop disruptions may buoy prices even after companies such as Archer Daniels Midland Co., Cargill Inc. and BarryCallebaut AG resumed exports earlier this month. Cocoa futures reached a 32-year high of $3,775 a ton on March 4,
during the fighting.
Raw sugar for July delivery rose 0.18 cent, or 0.8 percent, to 23.17 cents a pound on ICE. White, or refined, sugar
for August delivery climbed $15.90, or 2.4 percent, to $674.20 a ton on NYSE Liffe.
Indonesia issued permits to import 224,200 tons of raw sugar, Deddy Saleh, director general of foreign trade at the
countrys trade ministry, said today. The imports will be used to address idle capacity, Saleh said.
Arabica coffee for July delivery gained 2.70 cents, or 1 percent, to $2.664 a pound in New York. Robusta coffee for
July delivery gained $8, or 0.3 percent, to $2,602 a ton in London.