COMMODITY SUBSCRIPTION · SCOPE & METHOD · NOT AN OFFER
Sesame seedSubscription Report
HS 120740 · agri · container
NINE PAGES · REGISTRATION OPEN · NO FEE IS BEING COLLECTED YET
PRICE BASIS · CUSTOMS RECORD · COUNTERPARTY REGISTER — READ FROM FREE, CITED SOURCES
01The record on this commodity
02What it is, and what H-α does with it
03The nine pages, what each does, and a line from each
COMMODITY SUBSCRIPTION REPORT · PREPARED BY H-α TRADE INTELLIGENCE
2026-11-07
H-α · TRADE INTELLIGENCE
Sesame seed Subscription Report
THE RECORD
I.The record on this commodity
| WHAT IS HELD | COUNT | BASIS |
|---|
| Buyers | 26 | named companies |
| Sellers | 16 | named companies |
| Countries | 45 | in the record |
| Ports | 13 | worked by the book |
| Customs lanes | 105 | cut from declarations |
| Declarations | 2,147 | latest year, on those lanes |
| Prices | 4 | legs on the desk |
| Pursuit lanes | 99 | lanes on the board |
| Freight routes | 10 | container · drawn |
| Port hubs | — | no inland leg is on file for this commodity yet |
| Specifications | — | the registry carries no quality spec or grade table for this commodity |
| Named sources | 2 | all free to consult |
THE COMMODITY
II.What Sesame seed is, and what H-α does with it
Sesame seed prices by colour, purity and oil content: natural white and hulled seed for food and confectionery, brown and black seed for oil and for East Asian food use. Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Myanmar and Mozambique carry supply; China, Japan, Türkiye, South Korea and the European Union carry demand, with China taking the largest single share. Free fatty acid, admixture and moisture are the governing specifications, and the trade is heavily exposed to African harvest and security conditions.
What the subscription does with it
The subscription reads the declared record on sesame's HS heading, keeps exporters, cleaners, hullers and importers in one book with the port each works, and states the price basis as the registry defines it. Where the anchor is a customs unit value rather than an assessed price, that distinction is preserved on every figure derived from it.
The registry’s note on the headings this subscription reads:
120740 sesamum seeds, whether or not broken
The registry’s caveat on the price anchor:
US Government work (17 U.S.C. 105). The API terms require attribution and prohibit implying Census endorsement; they do not restrict redistribution. Terms: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html
THE NINE PAGES
III.The nine pages, what each does, and a line from each
OPEN01Market Today
2,110.77 USD/tonne · US import CIF value (customs value plus declared import charges to the first US port), sesame seed (HS 1207.40), 2026-08 · US Census Bureau international trade API · print 2026-08-31
OPEN02Intel
Sesame CIF China (Comtrade declared import unit value) · 1,337.31 · CIF China (customs CIF unit value), HS 1207.40 · UN Comtrade · print 2025
OPEN03Customs
PY → ? · 1,760 declarations · unit value median 1,197.23 · last seen 2026-08-28
OPEN04Register
one register record · buyer · US · baltimore · unset
OPEN05Trade Audit
Grade (SHB/Santos) baseline SHB · 3 specs checked: grade, screen size, defects per 300g
specimen · Coffee
OPEN06Pursuit
PY → TR · still needs recent trade, named parties
OPEN07Deal Maker
insurance % of CIF 0.05 · discharge USD/MT 1
OPEN08Freight
nhava-sheva → baltimore · container · High volume · 10 sellers · 14 buyers
OPEN09Logistics
no line can be drawn for this page on any commodity yet