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Pumpkin seeds: prices are decreasing

September 14, 2022 at 11:22 AM , Der AUDITOR
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DALIAN. The new crop is increasingly arriving on the markets and both commodity and export prices have declined. Freight rates also continue to decrease, much to the delight of Chinese suppliers.

Speculators sell old crop

More and more new crop shine skins from Inner Mongolia and Northwest China are reaching the markets, although domestic demand is still somewhat sluggish due to the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated last weekend. As a result, farmgate prices are declining and are currently hovering around CNY 18.5/kg. The large speculators, who still have over 30,000 mt of old crop shine skins in their warehouses, are now trying to sell their goods at current market prices; they want to clear the warehouses before the bulk of the new crop ar

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