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Pumpkin seeds: new season will start with carry-over stocks

July 4, 2022 at 4:08 PM , Der AUDITOR
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DALIAN. Although the new crop will not be available until September, it already seems clear that speculators will not be able to sell their large stocks of shine skins until then. Nevertheless, they are not willing to lower the high prices.

Smaller speculators have hardly any goods left

There is still very little trading activity in the Chinese pumpkin seed market. The raw material offers of the large speculators are unchanged at CNY 19.6/kg, from which market players conclude that hardly any sales are taking place; otherwise, prices would have been increased by now. The stocks of the smaller speculators are running out, so that almost all commodities are now in the hands of the large speculators. They will thus almost alone determine the price development in July and August. As it is currently ve

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