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Oil seeds up to date: China’s buying frenzy

November 13, 2017 at 3:29 PM , Der AUDITOR
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FRANKFURT. Daily monitoring of the oil seed sector, comparing today’s prices with the previous day’s prices.

Chinese buyers currently prefer Indian sesame seeds because of the lower prices compared to African material. Weak export demand on the other hand puts pumpkin seed kernel prices under pressure.

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