Colombia's coffee federation called urgently on Wednesday for the government to make structural changes to help coffee farmers in the face of low international prices. May robusta coffee fell $10, or 0.65 percent, to $1,534 a tonne.
Vietnamese farmers held back from selling coffee beans this week due to low prices after the harvest ended last month, while trading in Indonesia remained muted due to a lack of supply.
May raw sugar was down 0.03 cents, or 0.2 percent, at 13.35 cents per lb after peaking on Wednesday at a 3-1/2 month high of 13.42 cents.
Dealers said the market was consolidating after a recent run-up which has been fuelled by fund short covering against the backdrop of rising crude oil prices.
May white sugar was down $1.30, or 0.4 percent, at $358.70 a tonne.
Singapore-listed commodity trader Wilmar International Ltd reported on Thursday a more than 50 percent fall in fourth-quarter net profit from a year earlier, mainly due to a provision linked to sugar milling assets in Australia.
May New York cocoa fell $65, or 2.8 percent, to $2,252 a tonne.
Dealers said the recent run-up in prices had run out of steam and the focus had now returned to the prospect of a record crop in top grower Ivory Coast this year. May London cocoa was down 34 pounds, or 1.9 percent, at 1,716 pounds a tonne.