Sesame seeds: supply squeeze in India

January 3, 2020 at 12:16 PM , Der AUDITOR
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NEW DELHI. All eyes in India are currently set on Africa. As trading is only slowly kicking in next week is to prove decisive. Traders, in addition, report that as much as 80% of the crop has already arrived in the market.

Market largely depends on Africa

Traders report that as much as 80% of the new crop have already arrived in the market. Arrivals are expected to decrease over the next few days. The main problem, however, is that there are not enough seeds available in good quality meaning that hullers depend on imports from Africa. This was already the case last year and this year arrivals mainly comprise seeds in medium quality, which are not suited for hulling. All eyes are on Africa with the market eagerly waiting for trade to resume with Nigeria and Sudan, which will be the cas

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