Pumpkin seeds: imbalanced export demand

May 17, 2021 at 3:32 PM , Der AUDITOR
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BEIJING. Little by little, prices for Shine Skins are increasing on the Chinese market, with quotations for...

… raw seeds now reaching a level of CNY 16.5-16.8/kg. Sowing will be completed in the coming days and so far reports confirm that the acreage is significantly smaller than the year before. At the moment, however, Chinese pumpkin seed exporters are facing another problem. Demand is extremely imbalanced. Many buyers request Shine Skins, Grade A, but there are only a few interested buyers for Grade AA seeds. The supply is correspondingly low. Farmgate prices for GWS kernels have been stuck at their level of CNY 20/kg for weeks and will probably pe

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