LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Raw sugar futures on ICE eased on Wednesday, weighed partly by concerns that changes to Brazil fuel policies under the country's new president could lead to more sugar production in the world's top exporter of the sweetener
SUGAR
* March raw sugar fell 0.2% to 19.66 cents per lb by 1215 GMT.
* Dealers said changes to Brazil fuel policy under the country's new president Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva were likely to favour the use of cane to make sugar rather than ethanol.
* They also noted increased output of sugar in India was helping to keep the market on the defensive.
* March white sugar slipped 0.1% to $547.10 a tonne.
COFFEE
* March arabica coffee rose 0.4% to $1.67 per lb.
* Dealers said the market could be supported by some index fund buying in coming days.
* The weak performance of coffee in 2022 means it has become underweight in some indexes so there will be some buying to restore the previous balance along with selling of stronger performing commodities.
* Costa Rican coffee growers exported 11.7% fewer beans in December than in the same month of 2021, the country's coffee institute ICAFE said on Tuesday.
* March robusta coffee rose 1.5% to $1,879 a tonne.
COCOA
* March London cocoa fell 0.2% to 2,043 pounds a tonne, weighed down partly by the strengthening of sterling against the dollar.
* March New York cocoa rose 0.4% to $2,583 a tonne. (Reporting by Nigel Hunt; Editing by Alison Williams)
