01 Dec 2017 | 06:34 UTC — New York

Description changes and discontinuation for Asia sugar freight rate symbols

The following Asia sugar freight rate symbols have had their descriptions changed and standardized to the following to reflect DBF (dry bulk freight), cargo size, and delivery region.

From:

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
SY
SYCCA00
u
2
WA
USD
MT
Indonesia Bulk Sugar Thailand 3000/3000
SY
SYCCA03
c
3
MA
USD
MT
Indonesia Bulk Sugar Thailand 3000/3000 MAvg
SY
SYCAC00
u
2
WA
USD
MT
China Bulk Sugar South Brazil 8000/3000
SY
SYCAC03
c
3
MA
USD
MT
China Bulk Sugar South Brazil 8000/3000 MAvg


To:

MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
SY
SYCCA00
u
2
WA
USD
MT
DBF Sugar 3000/3000 Thailand-Indonesia 25kt Handysize Weekly
SY
SYCCA03
c
3
MA
USD
MT
DBF Sugar 3000/3000 Thailand-Indonesia 25kt Handysize MAvg
SY
SYCAC00
u
2
WA
USD
MT
DBF Sugar 8000/3000 South Brazil-China 50kt Supramax Weekly
SY
SYCAC03
c
3
MA
USD
MT
DBF Sugar 8000/3000 South Brazil-China 50kt Supramax MAvg

MAvg



The following Asia sugar freight rate symbol has also been discontinued due to inactivity.



MDC
Symbol
Bates
Dec
Freq
Curr
UOM
Description
SYZ
SYCCE00
u
2
DW
USD
MT
Bangladesh Bagged Sugar Thailand 1500



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