- China's April inflation rose to 8.5%.
- China’s Sichuan province was hit by a magnitude-7.9 earthquake, the nation's strongest in 58 years.
- YoY U.K.'s producer prices rose 7.5%
- YoY India’s industrial production rose 3.0% in March.
- The ISO estimates 2007-08 world sugar production at 8 million ton surplus, down from its earlier estimate of 9.3 million ton surplus. For 2008-9 they expect a small production deficit.