Uscito dallo short di KC , i funds son tornati forti compratori su notizie di fondamentali e scorte tight , tra pochi giorni dovrebbero uscire nuove stime sul raccolto brasilero che per il 48% è gia stato venduto quindi meglio stare alla finestra per ora su NY
mantengo lo spread sul Robusta londinese
DJ Arabica Coffee Prices Seen Above $1.50/Lb In 1Q 2007
6:34 AM, December 8, 2006
HO CHI MINH CITY (Dow Jones)--International arabica coffee prices are
expected to rise above $1.50 per pound during the first quarter of 2007, as the
world demand-supply balance in green coffee continues to be tight, a senior
analyst said Friday.
Only if a sharply lower 2007-08 harvest fails to materialize in the world's
largest producer Brazil, contrary to current trade and industry expectations,
would prices rise less in coming months, said Judith Ganes-Chase of J. Ganes
Consulting.
"In the first quarter of 2007, we should be able to see levels over $1.50 per
pound, and if you ask me if I can see this market potentially over $2, the
answer is absolutely yes," Ganes-Chase told Dow Jones Newswires at the end of
the Asia Coffee Outlook 2006 conference.
She said the price forecast is based on fundamentals of continuing tight
world stocks of green coffee and that preliminary forecasts for production in
the 2007-08 Brazil harvest are confirmed at about 32 million to 33 million
60-kilogram bags.
Industry and trade officials in Brazil see the Brazilian 2007-08 harvest
sharply lower after bad weather has resulted in poor flowering, but an official
forecast won't be released until later this month.
-By Maja Wallengren, Dow Jones Newswires;
[email protected]
DJ World Green Coffee Stocks At Low Of 35M To 37M Bags - ICO
5:36 AM, December 8, 2006
04:56 120806
HO CHI MINH CITY (Dow Jones)--Current world stocks of green coffee in
importing and producing countries continue to be near their lowest level in
history at between 35 million and 37 million 60-kilogram bags, the
International Coffee Organization said Friday.
"In producing and importing countries at the moment, there is a total of
about 35 to 37 million bags. It's no more than that, but it could be a lot
less," the ICO's executive director, Nestor Osorio, told Dow Jones Newswires,
speaking at the end of the Asia Coffee Outlook 2006 conference.
"Whether it's 35 or 37, this is barely the level of three months of
consumption, which historically has not been considered stocks but is seen as
stock maneuver, so the supply situation continues to be very tight," Osorio
said.
He said both international arabica and robusta coffee prices are expected to
continue to hang on to gains from the most recent rally, and it's expected that
both arabica prices in New York and robusta prices in London will rise further
in early 2007.
But Osorio declined to say where the ICO sees international prices in the
short and medium term, arguing the official crop forecast for the next 2007-08
harvest in the world's largest producer Brazil must be known before a new price
forecast can be issued.
Industry and trade officials in Brazil see the Brazilian 2007-08 harvest
sharply lower after bad weather has resulted in poor flowering, but an official
forecast won't be released by the country's agricultural authorities until
later this month.