DALIAN: According to Zhuo Chuang Information, although exporters have gradually resumed exporting organic pumpkin seed kernels to the EU market, the number of enterprises that truly export organic pumpkin seed kernels has greatly reduced since 2020, mainly because the EU has become more and more strict on organic seed kernels. Increased export risks have caused some companies that know to stop exporting organic products. Still, the good news is that professional export companies have stricter supervision on product quality, which is beneficial to import companies.
Exporters further strengthened pesticide residue testing and strictly controlled product quality. Exporters are currently mainly constrained by excessively high sea freight, which has led to a substantial increase in export costs. With the continuous increase in ocean freight, importers’ import costs have greatly increased, and the number of imports has gradually decreased, and the main old customers are mainly importing. To maintain old customers for a long time, some export companies have meagre profits. This week, the export price of organic pumpkin seed kernels AA was 3,760 US dollars per ton.
Current Market Price in FOB Dalian, China for pumpkin kernel
| Product Name | Organic pumpkin kernel |
| Type | AA |
| Moisture | 10% max |
| Package | 12.5×2 vacuum bag |
| Purity | 99.95% |
| Loading | 17mt /20GP |
| Fob Dalian | Usd 3760/mt |
| Delivery | 20 days after the contract |