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Pumpkin seeds: speculators start selling

March 14, 2022 at 2:43 PM , Der AUDITOR
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DALIAN. After market players had still hoped for it last week, the first speculators have now released their shine skin stocks for sale - some even at very favourable prices.

Small suppliers sell at lower prices

The shine skin market has picked up considerably in recent days as speculators, who currently own more than half of the raw material supplies, have started selling. Chinese market players report that the speculators do not quite trust the current situation and the low demand and therefore now want to try to get their goods to the buyers promptly. For this reason, smaller suppliers in particular are selling their pumpkin seeds at favourable prices, with some farmgate prices at CNY 17.2/kg at origin. Some Chinese traders

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