Africa hopes to expand agricultural exports to China including sesame seeds

Published May 7, 2021

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The Deputy Embassy of Ethiopia in China has expressed interest in increasing deep-processed sesame product exports to China, following the trend of increasing African sesame imports by China. In 2020, China's sesame imports hit a record high of 1.0161 million tons, valued at nearly US$1.3 billion. The China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation potential is great, with China being the largest trading partner country in Africa for 11 consecutive years. The China Chamber of Commerce for Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Livestock has signed a cooperation agreement to build an intelligent public service platform for the cross-border supply chain of China’s grain and oil industry. Pakistan also aims to strengthen sesame trade cooperation with China, leveraging the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement for zero tariffs on Pakistani sesame imports.

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"We hope to export more deep-processed sesame products to China in addition to raw sesame seeds." The Deputy Embassy of Ethiopia in China Davanu Cordier called on China when he attended the 2021 (spring) China International Sesame Conference in Qingdao. Enterprises go to Egypt to process sesame seeds, enhance the export quality and market value of sesame seeds through cooperation, and look forward to strengthening trade and investment cooperation with China in many agricultural products fields. Sesame is one of China’s characteristic oil crops. Due to its large market demand and limited domestic supply, imports have continued to increase in recent years. Data show that in 2020, China’s sesame imports reached a record of 1.0161 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 25%. ; Imports amounted to nearly US$1.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.69%. Ethiopia is one of Africa’s major sesame exporters. In 2020, Ethiopia ranks third in China’s sesame imports. Africa is the main ...

Source: Ciie