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Pumpkin seeds: China's economy breathes a sigh of relief

December 13, 2022 at 9:56 AM , Der AUDITOR
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DALIAN. The lifting of the zero covid policy in China also makes trade in the pumpkin seed market much easier, especially when it comes to sourcing new raw materials. GWS kernels are far more in demand than shine skins.

Growing areas can be visited again

The Chinese pumpkin seed market literally breathed a sigh of relief when the government ended the zero covid policy last week and lifted the related measures. Chinese traders report that life is now returning to its normal routine, all cities and regions can be travelled freely and hurdles to trade are becoming smaller and smaller. Even in the northwest of the country, the growing regions can be entered again and traders and processors manage to pick up raw materials there without any problems; for weeks this had only been pos

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