Cocoa arrivals at Ivory Coast's ports are slowing as many farmers choose to hold back their beans until falling farmgate prices begin to rise, buyers and exporters said on Wednesday. World prices have been falling

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Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 485.00 +0.00 February 2006/April 2006 483.00 +0.00 May 2006/July 2006 483.00 +0.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 485.00 +0.00 February 2006/April 2006 483.00 +0.00 May 2006/July 2006 483.00 +0.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Demand in Germany for biofuel is soaring due to high oil prices and farmers stand to reap windfall profits from grain sold for energy use, Germany's deputy Agriculture Minister said on Wednesday. "I think the

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London white sugar futures closed easier on Wednesday on spread trades, and origin selling against Thursday's EU sugar export tender, traders said. Most-active March settled down $1.80 or 0.64 percent in volume of 2,980 lots,

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London Metal Exchange (LME) copper closed slightly softer on Wednesday, holding up in thin trade despite the potential for increased metal supply, dealers said. Three-months copper futures traded at $3,951 a tonne at the last

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Platinum prices jumped to a new 25-1/2-year high on Wednesday on fund buying and strong fundamentals, while palladium rose to match a level attained 13 months ago. Gold and silver also extended gains, but not

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US coffee futures ended weaker on Wednesday after speculators and producers sold into a three-month high, while market participants digested a report showing a strong Brazilian crop next year, traders said. The New York Board

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US cocoa futures settled a shade up on Wednesday, with spread trading and delivery rollovers nudging prices further away from recent contract lows, market sources said. The New York Board of Trade's front month December

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Raw sugar futures closed at an eight-day low on Wednesday, succumbing to light fund selling late in a listless session. The New York Board of Trade's key March raw sugar contract eased 0.08 cent to

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