LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Arabica coffee futures were lower on Friday, slipping further away from a record high earlier this week, while raw sugar and cocoa prices rose.
COFFEE
* Arabica coffee KCc2 was down 1.35% at $4.1915 per lb by 1233 GMT after a record high of $4.2995 on Tuesday.
* Dealers said the market was underpinned by tight supplies and the prospect of a smaller arabica crop in top grower Brazil this year.
* The longer-term outlook is less bullish, however, partly owing to a more favourable outlook for next year's Brazil harvest.
* Arabica coffee futures are expected to fall by about 30% by the end of 2025, with recent record prices expected to curb demand and early signs pointing to a bumper Brazilian crop next year, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.
* Robusta coffee LRCc2 lost a marginal 0.02% to $5,787 a metric ton, holding just below Thursday's record high of $5,849.
SUGAR
* Raw sugar SBc1 rose 0.25% to 20.22 cents per lb, climbing towards the previous session's two-month high of 20.24 cents.
* Dealers said Indian sugar exports had slowed because of rising domestic prices and even the current export quota of one million tons might not be fulfilled.
* "Adverse weather in key sugar-producing states has led to the closure of several sugar mills. Consequently, further easing of export restrictions from India is unlikely, providing a price floor," BMI said in a note on Friday.
* White sugar LSUc1 lost a marginal 0.04% to $529.30 a ton.
* A total of 411,200 metric tons of mostly Guatemalan white sugar has been tendered against the March contract on ICE Futures Europe, exchange data showed on Friday.
COCOA
* New York cocoa futures CCc2 rose 0.3% to $10,567 a ton.
* Dealers said the market was supported by concerns that dry weather in top grower Ivory Coast could curb the size of the April to September mid-crop at a time when stocks are tight.
* London cocoa LCCc2 was up 0.5% at 8,318 pounds a ton.
(Reporting by Nigel HuntEditing by David Goodman)
((nigel.hunt@thomsonreuters.com; +44 (0) 7990 561421; Reuters Messaging: nigel.hunt.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
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