LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) -
* Commodity analyst Green Pool on Thursday forecast a combined sugar surplus of almost 25 million tonnes for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons, leading to a rapid rise in stocks.
* "That is undoubtedly the biggest, fastest-built sugar surplus in history, and comes courtesy of massive crops in a variety of countries," the Australia-based analysts said.
* Green Pool projected there would be a surplus of 18.37 million tonnes in 2017/18 and 6.55 million in 2018/19, above previous forecasts of 14.87 million and 5.95 million respectively. "Given these forecasts (within trade estimates), it is no surprise that prices and physical premiums are taking a beating currently," the analyst said.
* Raw sugar futures SBc1 slid to a low of 10.69 cents per lb last week, the weakest level since September 2015.