Oilseeds update: price cuts to boost sales

May 13, 2020 at 3:33 PM , Der AUDITOR
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FRANKFURT. Monitoring of the oilseed sector with day-to-day price comparisons.

While there is little movement in the markets for poppy and flaxseed, the oversupply of sesame seeds in India means that suppliers are desperately trying to sell. Problem is that large volumes have been imported from Africa and the summer crop ranges at 100,000 metric tonnes.

Oil seeds, 13.05.2020

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Sesame seeds, India

EUR/kg

+/-

Parity

Sesame seeds, unhulled

1.314

0.00%

CIF Hamburg

Sesame seeds, hulled, mechanically dried

1.504

0.00%

CIF Hamburg

Sunflower kernels, Eastern Europe

     

Sunflower kernels, hulled, bakery, 2019 crop

0.740

0.00%

DDP Germany

Sunflower raw seeds, WS

0.343

-1.44%

CPT Varna

Pumpkin kernels, China

     

Pumpkin kernels, GWS, grade A

2.563

0.00%

CFR Hamburg

Pumpkin kernels, GWS, grade AA

2.674

0.00%

CFR Hamburg

Pumpkin kernels, shine skin, grade A

2.655

0.00%

CFR Hamburg

Pumpkin kernels, shine skin, grade AA

3.053

0.00%

CFR Hamburg

Flaxseed, Eastern Europe

     

Flaxseed, brown, 99.9% purity

0.590

0.00%

DDP Germany

Blue poppy seeds

     

Blue poppy seeds, < 25 ppm, Czech Republic, 2019 crop

2.770

0.00%

DDP Germany

Blue poppy seeds, < 25 ppm, Turkey, 2019 crop

3.100

0.00%

CFR Hamburg

Please note that all prices indicated above are for reference only.

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