BEIJING: A delegation of 23 sesame seeds exporters from Pakistan visited Beijing and Handan city of Hebei Province of China near Beijing from August 18 to 21, where they got big orders from Chinese companies and expected to become Pakistan’s top exporter of sesame seeds to China this year.
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. –Agencies
