Where to find buyers
Where to find buyers for Sesame seeds
Sesame seed for oilseed processors, tahini and sauce makers, and food manufacturers.
Importing countries
HS 120740 is sesamum seeds, whether or not broken. Sesame oil is a different chapter and is not included.
Official description: Oil seeds; sesamum seeds, whether or not broken. Period 2024, flow import, partner World. Retrieved 2026-10-27. Reporters in the response: 145. The preview count matched the stored rows.
| # | Reporter | primaryValue USD | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1866439157.0 | 1,182,602,376.232 kg |
| 2 | Türkiye | 449690930.0 | 244,874,925.0 kg |
| 3 | Japan | 368880788.238 | 193,286,324.051 kg |
| 4 | India | 216313971.939 | 140,729,578.0 kg |
| 5 | Rep. of Korea | 176110113.0 | 82,216,700.565 kg |
| 6 | Israel | 133890000.0 | 54,807,155.142 kg |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 102510709.704 | 61,722,236.0 kg |
| 8 | Germany | 101952971.278 | 39,023,894.781 kg |
Figures are Comtrade primaryValue literals. Aggregate partners (World, Areas, nes, and Other …, nes) are omitted. Rank in this table is by primaryValue among the reporters kept.
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Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
O*NET 13 (United States occupation classification)-1021.00 farm-product buyers contract crops such as sesame. Money is 5. Authority is 5. Need is 5.
China — reported imports of HS 120740
primaryValue 1866439157.0 USD (1,866,439,157.0) · 2024 imports from World · rank 1 of 144
China reported primaryValue 1866439157.0 USD (shown with separators as 1,866,439,157.0) for HS 120740 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 1,182,602,376.232 kg (Comtrade flagged the quantity as estimated). Money is 5 because this reporter ranks 1 of 144 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 5. The official heading names this product, so the import value is a direct Comtrade measure of recorded trade in it. Official commodity description: Oil seeds; sesamum seeds, whether or not broken. The preview count matched the rows stored (145), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 120740, 2024 imports from World
Purchasing Managers
O*NET 11 (United States occupation classification)-3061.00 Purchasing Managers at food plants approve the seed vendor. Money is 4. Authority is 5. Need is 4.
Source: O*NET OnLine, United States occupation classification, 11-3061.00 — Purchasing Managers
Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 424590 (United States industry classification) wholesales farm-product raw materials, which includes oilseeds moving toward processors. Money is 4. Authority is 4. Need is 5 because sesame seed is a raw farm product.
Japan — reported imports of HS 120740
primaryValue 368880788.238 USD (368,880,788.238) · 2024 imports from World · rank 3 of 144
Japan reported primaryValue 368880788.238 USD (shown with separators as 368,880,788.238) for HS 120740 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 193,286,324.051 kg (Comtrade flagged the quantity as estimated). Money is 4 because this reporter ranks 3 of 144 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 5. The official heading names this product, so the import value is a direct Comtrade measure of recorded trade in it. Official commodity description: Oil seeds; sesamum seeds, whether or not broken. The preview count matched the rows stored (145), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 120740, 2024 imports from World