Raw sugar futures on ICE and white sugar futures on the London exchange both saw price increases, with sugar output in Brazil's South Central region at 35% compared to the previous month. Egypt announced a tender to import 50,000 tons of raw sugar, and domestic sugar prices in Vietnam increased by 15% compared to the beginning of the year. The Vietnam Sugarcane Association recommended increasing sugarcane purchasing prices to ensure farmers have equivalent or higher income compared to competing crops, and estimated an increase in sugarcane growing areas and sugar output for the 2023/24 crop year.