Sesame seeds for sale, direct from producers
List natural or hulled sesame seeds, or find white, mixed and black sesame from cooperatives, traders and exporters worldwide. Lots show purity, oil content, moisture and price.
- Quality
- Purity (for example 99.95% or 99.98%), oil content, free fatty acids (FFA), moisture, colour
- Types
- White, mixed and black sesame; natural or hulled
- Typical packing
- PP or jute bags of 25–50 kg
- Main buyers
- China, Japan, Korea, Turkey, the Middle East and the EU
Sesame lots (0)
All filters →No sesame lots listed yet.
Producers and exporters: be the first to list. Buyers: post what you want and sellers will contact you.
Sesame by origin
Sudan
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Tanzania
India
Burkina FasoHow sesame is traded
- Sesame is cut and stacked to dry, then threshed. Machine cleaning and sorting raise the purity, which is a key part of the price.
- Buyers check purity, colour, oil content, free fatty acids, moisture and, for the EU and Japan, pesticide residues and salmonella.
- Ethiopia sells sesame through the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, and Tanzania sells it through warehouse receipts and auctions. Elsewhere, exporters buy from aggregators and cooperatives.
- Whitish Humera and Gondar sesame from Ethiopia and Sudanese sesame are well known; Nigeria and Tanzania ship large volumes of natural mixed sesame.
Where to check sesame prices
- Ethiopia Commodity Exchange ↗ · Daily sesame trading prices by grade
- Tanzania Mercantile Exchange (TMX) ↗ · Sesame auction results
Prices change every week. Always check the official source before you trade.
From field to seed
Tap a photo to see it large. Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors, under free licences.
Sesame guides
All guides →How to buy and export sesame seeds: Ethiopia, Sudan, Nigeria, Tanzania and India
How sesame is traded: harvest seasons, the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, Tanzania's auctions, exporters in Nigeria and Sudan, cleaning, packing, payment and shipping.
Read the guide →Sesame quality explained: purity, oil content, FFA, moisture and colour
What sesame buyers check: purity (99.95%), oil content, free fatty acids, moisture, colour, admixture of other colours, and residue tests for the EU and Japan.
Read the guide →How to list and buy tea, cocoa, cashews, spices and sesame on Coffee Parchment
Step-by-step: choose the crop, add the quality measures buyers check (grade, bean count, KOR, density, purity), filter lots, post a buyer request and trade directly.
Read the guide →Sesame news
No headlines right now. Try again later.