Platts to change Brazilian sugar assessments from daily to weekly frequency

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will move a number of its Brazilian sugar assessments from a daily to weekly frequency, effective on June 1, 2023.

The change is due to persistent low liquidity in the Brazilian sugar intertrade spot market, and follows a proposal published March 13, available here:

Platts proposes to change Brazilian sugar assessments from a daily to weekly frequency

https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/031323-platts-proposes-to-change-brazilian-sugar-assessments-from-a-daily-to-a-weekly-frequency

The assessments impacted are:

• Raw Sugar Brazil VHP CS Flat Price, symbol SGABA00

• Raw Sugar Brazil VHP CS Premium, symbol SGAAE00

• Raw Sugar Brazil VHP CS Second Month Flat Price, symbol SGAAW00

• Raw Sugar Brazil VHP CS Second Month Premium, symbol SGAAX00

• White Sugar Containers Brazil 150 Flat Price, symbol SGADA00

• White Sugar Containers Brazil 150 Premium, symbol SGACE00

• Sugar No. 11 Futures (New York 11) 1630 London Time Assessment Mo0, symbol SGBAE00

• ICE Sugar No. 11 Futures (New York 11) 1630 London Time Mo02, symbol SGBFE00

The assessments appear in the Platts Agriculture Alert on page 0510 and the Sugar Market Report.

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