FAIRLY HECTIC WEEK IN RAW SUGAR, WOODHOUSE SAYS It has been a fairly hectic trading week in raw sugar with China paying market levels for nearby shipments, London trader, Woodhouse, Drake and Carey, said in its weekly report. July shipment Thai raws traded to China early in the week at fob levels equivalent to 20/25 points discount to July New York futures, it said. Mid-week saw these same sales covered by the trade at 10/15 points discount. Enquiries for July/Sep 15 raw sugars then filtered in and here again, traded values rose quickly from 13 points premium to New York July up to 18, Woodhouse said. In the Western Hemisphere, both Dominican Republic and Mexican nearby raws were bid 15 points discount to July New York and offered five points under, but in limited trading, it said. All the action of the past week has been in the Far East raws market whereas the whites market saw little fresh prospect of nearby offtake, Whitehouse added.