LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) -Cocoa futures on ICE hit six-week highs on Wednesday as traders refocused on shrinking supplies of the chocolate ingredient, while sugar futures also headed higher.
COCOA
* September London cocoa LCCc2 was 0.4% higher at 7,475 pounds per ton by 1414 GMT after earlier climbing to a six-week high of 7,981 pounds.
* Ghana, the world's second largest cocoa producer, is looking to delay delivery of up to 350,000 tons of beans to the next season due to poor crops, five sources told Reuters in a further worsening of the outlook for the global chocolate industry.
* With some 350,000 tons of forward sold beans missing from this season's crop, Ghana is also struggling with forward sales for the next season as traders fear the 2024/25 crop will not rebound significantly. Two sources said the country has sold forward just 100,000 tons of cocoa.
* September New York cocoa CCc2 was 1% higher at $9,347 a metric ton having earlier hit a six-week high of $9,748.
SUGAR
* July raw sugar SBc1 rose 1.7% to 19.11 cents per lb, having settled 0.9% higher on Tuesday.
* India's monsoon rains have lost momentum after covering western regions ahead of schedule. Their arrival in northern and central states could be delayed, extending a heatwave in the regions used to plant rice, cotton, soybeans and sugarcane.
* Australia's largest sugar producer on Wednesday temporarily halted operations at a mill that began processing cane two days ago after unions agitating for better pay said workers would lay down tools.
* August white sugar LSUc1 rose 1.6% to $555.20 a ton.
COFFEE
* September robusta coffee LRCc2 fell 0.9% to $4,017 a ton. The market had risen to a record high of $4,394 last week.
* September arabica coffee KCc2 fell 2.1% to $2.1585 per lb, having settled 0.2% lower on Tuesday.
