Sugar prices: questions and answers
Sugar: median wholesale price 0.93 EUR/kg across 39 markets in 6 countries, quotes to 6 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of sugar today?
The median wholesale price of sugar was 0.93 EUR/kg across 71 current quotes on 39 markets in 6 countries (latest quote 6 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.82 and 1.02 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of sugar?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Physical markets | 62 | 0.96 EUR/kg |
| Exchange futures | 9 | 0.71 EUR/kg |
Raw sugar (ICE No. 11, ISA world price, US No. 16) and white sugar (Zhengzhou) are different contracts and prices; the name of each quote says which.
What is the price of sugar in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 32 | 0.96 EUR/kg | 3,400 COP/kg |
| United States | 2 | 0.38 EUR/kg | 41.6 US¢/kg |
| China | 1 | 0.71 EUR/kg | 5.32 CNY/kg |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1.00 EUR/kg | 1.12 USD/kg |
| Poland | 1 | 0.50 EUR/kg | 2.22 PLN/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting sugar; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of sugar going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 27 of 67 quotes for sugar rose, 22 fell and 18 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish sugar prices?
39 markets in 6 countries have current sugar quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange China · 6 quotes
- ICE Futures U.S. United States · 3 quotes
- Bucaramanga Centroabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- Bogotá DC Corabastos Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- Bogotá Paloquemao Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- Ibagué Plaza La 21 Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
- Medellín Wholesale Markets Colombia · 3 quotes
- Villavicencio CAV Wholesale Market Colombia · 3 quotes
Why are there so many different sugar prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 16 different sugar quote names, for example: White sugar futures, contract SR701, January 2027; Raw sugar futures, July 2027; Refined sugar; Brown sugar; Brown sugar; Brown sugar.
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Which country produces the most sugar?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of raw sugar was 188 million t in 2023. The largest producer was Brazil with 22.4% of the world total, followed by India and Thailand.
Where do these sugar prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are sugar prices updated?
The latest sugar quote is from 6 November 2026; 32 of 39 markets published sugar prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download sugar prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for sugar prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.