Sugar prices climbed for a second session amid concerns over India's sugar crop and a revised global deficit forecast. India's Meteorological Department reported late Monday that cumulative monsoon rainfall was 32% below normal as of June 15, threatening the world's second-largest sugar producer. Sugar trader Czarnikow last Thursday cut its global 2026/27 sugar balance estimate from a surplus of 1.4 MMT to a deficit of -100,000 MT, as Brazil's mills shift more cane to ethanol. The International Sugar Organization forecasts a global sugar deficit of -262,000 MT for 2026/27, citing potential El Niño impacts on India and Thailand.