Robusta coffee comes off record high, arabica slips from 2-1/2 year peak
Updates prices, adds details
LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - Robusta coffee futures on ICE fell on Wednesday, a day after setting a record high, on supply woes in Vietnam, while arabica came off a 2-1/2 year peak.
COFFEE
* September robusta coffee LRCc2 fell 2.7% to $4,509 per metric ton at 1509 GMT, after hitting an all-time high of $4,667 on Tuesday.
* Dealers remained concerned about dry conditions overall this year in top producer Vietnam, despite the return of rains in the first 10 days of July.
* They also said very little coffee inventory remainedin Vietnam's domestic market.
* Vietnam's coffee exports in the first half of this year were down 11.4% from a year ago.
* September arabica coffee KCc2 fell 1.9% to $2.4520 per lb, after hitting a near 2-1/2 year high on Tuesday of$2.5235.
* Dealers cited ongoing concerns about dry weather in top arabica producer Brazil, smaller bean sizes and the low volume of new crops available in the Brazilian spot market.
* The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) ICE.N has raised its margin requirements for some arabica coffee futures by as much as 11.4% in a day when prices jumped more than 6%.
COCOA
* September London cocoa LCCc2 rose 0.3% to 6,740 per ton.
* Low prices and payment delays are pushing farmers in No. 2 cocoa producer Ghana's to sell to increasingly sophisticated smuggling rings, siphoning off production from border areas and raising doubt over the next season's output.
* As Ghana's cocoa sector decline accelerates,Indonesia plans to use funds from its palm oil export levy to finance development of the country's cocoa and coconut sectors.
* The market is awaiting second-quarter grind data due this Thursday and next for indications on whether this year's stellar price rises are curtailing demand.
* September New York cocoa CCc2 rose 0.3% to $8,174 a ton.
SUGAR
* October raw sugar SBc1 rose 2.2% to 20.04 per lb, having settled down 2.5% on Tuesday.
* August white sugar LSUc1, which expires next week, rose 1.4% to $561.00 a ton.
* Europe's largest sugar producer Suedzucker SZUG.DE said on Wednesday it expects a "significant decline" during its June-to-August quarter earnings, hurt by prolonged duty-free agricultural imports from Ukraine into the EU.
Reporting by Maytaal Angel; Editing by Sohini Goswami and Richard Chang
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