Brazil's center-south sugarcane crop is expected to remain mostly dry over the next two weeks which will allow harvest to make up ground lost to the unseasonable rains in April-May, private forecaster Somar said Monday.

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Ukraine's central regions of Vynnytsa and Poltava have started gathing the 2004 sugar beet crop, with early data pointing at a lower sugar content, Ukrtsukor, a sugar producers' association, said on Monday. "The first results

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Spot basis bids for hard red winter (HRW) wheat were steady Monday morning in the US Plains production areas, with farmer selling at a minimum, merchants said. Mills still needed coverage for October-December, cash traders

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Germany's rapeseed crop is set to reach a record 5.17 million tonnes, up 45.3 percent on the year, the Agriculture Ministry said in its first official crop estimate on Monday. The big crop was expected

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Russia's biggest shipping company, state-owned Sovcomflot, wants the government to float 35-40 percent of its shares to raise up to $300 million, a senior company official said on Monday. Sovcomflot General Director Dmitry Skarga said

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Thai rice futures fell further in thin trade on Monday as players continued to unwind contracts after prices overheated on their debut, brokers said. Volume was steady as another 56 rice contracts were traded. "Prices

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Singapore bunker prices eased on Monday, despite stable spot fuel oil cargo levels, on poor-to-moderate demand, traders said. Dealers said 380-centistoke bunker fuel oil was pegged at $188-$190 a tonne, down $1 from Friday, while

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The Karachi Port handled 57,106 tonnes of cargo including 54,307 tonnes import and 2,799 tonnes export cargo during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The cargo comprised of 32,735 tonnes dry and

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Tokyo rubber futures rebounded from one-month lows in thin trading on Monday as the yen's fall against the dollar induced mild short-covering amid a lack of fresh fundamental incentives, brokers said. The benchmark February 2005

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Thai rubber futures ended higher on speculative buying on Monday as players bought contracts on expectations that prices will rise further, brokers said. Overall volume was up slightly as 57 ribbed smoked sheet number three

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