Market Report

2008

Fourth Quarter: Sesame Seed - Price Elasticity in Asia Drives Market Down

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IIn our last market report (July '08) we stated that sesame was overvalued by $600/MT, and worst case we...

Second Quarter: Sesame Seed - When Will Record High Prices Break?

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Since our last market report, sesame prices continued their upward trend by another 25-30%. We had projected...

First Quarter: Sesame Seed - Disaster! Very Little Seed In Central America
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The harvest in Guatemala and Mexico began just over one month ago, and initially most thought the seed was...

2007

Fourth Quarter: Sesame Seed - Central American Prices Over $1.00/lb.
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This is the one time we are not happy about our price forecast being correct. It appears likely new crop...