Pumpkin seeds: Fierce price competition

January 25, 2019 at 9:34 AM , Der AUDITOR
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DALIAN. Next week, things are set to quieten down in China, as the Chinese New Year will be celebrated at the beginning of February. For now, however, the exporters are desperately trying to sell.

 

Will there be a price turnaround soon?

According to reports, the domestic demand for pumpkin kernels is rising every year. For this reason, the local roasters have already bought up a large part of the good-quality kernels. It is now becoming increasingly difficult for traders to obtain additional pumpkin seeds in export quality.

Exporters who, still have seeds in stock, are courting customers and constantly undercutting each other. Market players are, nevertheless, confident that prices will rise again as soon as the limited supplies of raw s

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