SINGAPORE (Aug 22): Singapore-based agribusiness Wilmar International has scooped up the sugar trading book of rival Bunge for an undisclosed amount, the companies said on Wednesday.

The sale is the latest in Bunge's efforts to reduce its exposure to a struggling sugar unit, which the company first said in 2013 it was looking to sell. Bunge said earlier this year it would seek to sell its trading operations separately from its production assets in Brazil.

Sugar prices have plunged as production outstrips demand, leaving the world awash in excess supplies. Benchmark futures of raw and refined sugar fell to their weakest levels in a decade this week.

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