Barchart - Sugar prices saw underlying support after Czarnikow, in a report released Friday, predicted a 2027/28 global sugar deficit of 2.9 MMT due to lower sugar cane and sugar beet plantings. The group forecast that 2027/28 global sugar production will fall -0.7% yr/yr to 177 MMT, driven mainly by weather disruptions in India, the EU, and Thailand.