Sugar Trading Manual

Jonathan Kingsman · Corina Gafner

May 2000 · Woodhead Publishing

About this eBook

Since its launch, Sugar Trading Manual (STM) has established itself as the definitive information source for the sugar market worldwide. It is compiled from contributions by some of the most senior and widely respected figures in the international sugar trade. This edition takes into account changes in all aspects of the business including production, markets, pricing, contracts, administration and management, and the influence of the major trading blocs. STM is an invaluable training resource for all new entrants to the industry as well as providing everyone already involved in the global sugar business with vital information on its day-to-day workings. - The only comprehensive, updateable reference source to the structure and conduct of the global sugar business - Written by well-respected industry insiders - Covers the entire spectrum of trading instruments and markets

About the author

Jonathan Kingsman started his sugar career as a trader with Cargill Inc. in England and the USA before moving on to the futures side of the business with ContiCommodity Services and Paine Webber. He started Kingsman S.A. in 1990 as an independent physical brokerage company operating mainly in the inter-trade market. Kingsman SA also publishes a daily market report with prices and analysis which has become the benchmark for the physical sugar trade and it is now used to set prices across the globe.

Corina Gafner is a sugar broker at Kingsman SA. She joined Kingsman in 2007. After spending a year on the biofuels desk, she moved over to work on sugar in January 2008.