BEIJING, Aug. 23 (INP); A delegation of 23 sesame seeds exporters from Pakistan visited Beijing and Handan city of Hebei Province of China near Beijing this week. During the visit, they got big orders from Chinese companies and expected to become Pakistan's top exporter of sesame seeds to China this year, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Friday. On August 19, the delegation attended Pakistan China B2B Sesame Conference at Pakistan Embassy in Beijing.  The b2b conference was arranged by Mission and China National Grains Association (CNAGS). The conference was inaugurated by Ambassador of Pakistan to China Khalil Hashmi and Vice President of CNAGS, Wang Zhenzhong. 

The leader of delegation Hafiz Saad bin Mustafa also spoke at the occasion.  Analyst from SCI Group made a presentation at the conference highlighting demand and supply situation in the Chinese market and related price dynamics.  The conference was attended by 19 top Chinese enterprises interested in importing sesame seeds from Pakistan including, inter-alia, COFCO, Beijing Capital Agribusiness & Foods Group, Jingliang Holdings, Hebei Grain Group and Zhuochuang Consulting Co., Ltd.

During the visit, the delegation also visited Daming County of Handan City, Hebei Province.  Daming city consumes 20% of Chinese sesame imports of China and currently imports over 200,000 MT of sesame seeds per annum whereas Chinese imports for the whole year constitute 1 million MT per annum.  Daming county currently imports from Ethiopia, Mozambique, India and others and have currently negligible imports from Pakistan. Visit of the delegation provided a wonderful opportunity to explore new importers and expand Pakistani exports to Daming County.

The delegation visited four top factories in daming county which import large qunatities of sesame seeds for producing food products and sesame oil.  The companies included Jing Xinquan Sesame Oil, Wudelli Flour, Daming Fu sesame Oil and Taidu Group. During the seminar detailed conversations were held between the two sides about the prices, quantities, quality and flavor of the sesame from Pakistan. In negotiations between Commercial Counsellor and Pakistani enterprises with the Daming Government and top Chinese companies, it was decided that an agreement between Pakistani enterprises and major Chinese state enterprises will be finalized to support Pakistani exports to the county through establishment of warehousing facility in the city’s industrial zone. 

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP) — Pak-China