Thirty years in sesame. Customs data, port stocks, crop surveys and conversations across every origin — compiled into one honest read of where this market really stands.
Every report, as it publishes. No daily prices, no spam.
The stock doesn't climb in a straight line — it saws with the seasons. But each year's level keeps stepping higher, and September stands at a record 381,500 tonnes. Read alongside what it is made of: the split by grade mirrors Chinese usage almost exactly.
Weekly Chinese warehouse reports, Aug 2023 – Sep 2026. Series is directional — single weeks swing hard (±60K within days in June 2026) and a few anomalous readings are excluded. Read it as a range, never a point.
First arrivals Aug 2025, peak in January — drawing down since, and this year there is little fresh crop behind it.
Share of port stock: Pakistani and East African seed dominated in 2023 — West African white dominates now.
A glimpse of the flows we track each month across six markets. Full volumes, prices and monthly series are in the paid report.
Volume flat against last year at 810,563 t — but paid for at $260 a tonne less.
Brazil still nearly half of everything landing — but the wave is fading fast month by month.
Steady through thick and thin — and the top buyer this year may surprise you.
Up 9.2% to 152,934 t on low stocks — and buying continuously into Ramadan.
East Africa's quality franchise holds — Nigeria and Tanzania together take over half.
India's compliance story keeps paying — clear #1 into the world's most demanding market.
The free reports give you the read. The paid intelligence suite gives you the machine behind it — and it's still active.
Ten days away. Register, land in Phuket or Krabi, and IOPEPC takes care of the rest — airport transfers to conference arrangements. The first real read on India's rain-damaged crop lands here.
Eighteen sesame papers, read in full and cross-checked against customs data, port stocks and what the trade is actually doing three weeks on. The synopsis is free — and the session from Ho Chi Minh City is online.