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Dried beans: market is slowly regaining momentum

February 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM , Der AUDITOR
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BEIJING. The Chinese New Year celebrations have slowed down the bean markets in recent weeks – now trade is slowly picking up again. The shortage of goods is still a problem, especially on the kidney bean markets.

Black kidney beans

In the last two weeks, the market for black kidney beans has been remarkably quiet, as many traders and processing plants remained closed due to the Chinese New Year. Many Chinese workers were on holiday and trade is only slowly regaining momentum. As exporters hardly have any goods of export quality left, prices are nevertheless remaining stable at their relatively high level. Farmers also only have small stocks left, and only the arrival of the new crop will be able to remedy this situation. Prices for conventional black kidney beans, 99.95% pur

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