China will increase investment in the sesame growing project under the Pak-China contract
China will increase investment in the sesame growing project under the Pak-China contract and plans to import at least 5,000 tons of sesame from Pakistan this year. “In 2023, we imported 400 tons of sesame from Pakistan to China and this year we expect to import at least 5,000 tons of sesame.
At the end of 2023, the project's first batch of sesame was exported to China, signaling a promising year for sesame exports. Sesame, a traditional crop in Pakistan, is facing challenges such as low market demand and limited cultivation scale. Realizing the growing demand for sesame in China, the Sino-Pak Agricultural Exchange and Cooperation Center, led by China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), collaborated with Pakistani farmers to establish Set up contract farming initiatives. C...