World sugar prices reached a peak in the last 30 years

World sugar prices rose to a record over the past 30 years at auction in New York caused a rise in price of the product was investors' concerns about natural disasters in Australia, which is the third volume of world exporter of sugar cane. Thus, the March futures price for raw sugar rose by 2,4% - to 34.79 cents a pound on the New York Stock Exchange ICE Futures US Futures on refined sugar rose by 1,9% - to 834.70 dollars per tonne in London, reports Gazeta.ru, referring to Bloomberg. Recall that the meteorologists are warning of traffic on Australia destructive Cyclone Yasi, which will inevitably damage the cane crop of the country.