date:Jan 06, 2013
4-year lows around 31c a lb f.o.b. Users already have most of their 2013 sugar needs covered, and beet sugar for 2014 has been offered around 30c a lb, suggesting nearly flat sugar prices over the next two years.
Cocoa powder prices ended 2012 at three-year lows, due in part to weak chocolate demand in top-consuming Europe tied to continued weak economic conditions, and uncertainty about demand in the United States. Nearly flat cocoa bean futures prices from nearby through 2014 contracts sugges