OilseedsSKU OIL-NIG-012
Ethiopian Niger Seed
Ethiopian niger seed (Guizotia abyssinica), known locally as noug, is a small black oilseed that Hajuta Trading exports for bird-food blends and edible-oil crushing. Ethiopia is the crop's center of origin and the world's main exporter. New-crop seed ships December to April, FOB Djibouti.
Product specifications
- Origin (Region)
- Ethiopia
- Grade / Purity
- Purity: 98.5% min.; Admix: 1.5% max. (foreign material 1% max.; imperfect and damaged seeds 0.5% max.); Moisture: 8% max.; Oil content: 50% min.; well dried; well fumigated before shipment; fit for human consumption; sortex quality.
- Moisture
- 8% max.
- Packaging
- 25 kg / 50 kg bags
- Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)
- 2 × 20 ft containers / 38 MT total
- HS Code
- 120799
- Logistics / Incoterms Offered
- FOB Djibouti, by quotation
Harvest & shipment window
- Harvest
- November - December (indicative)
- Recommended shipment
- December - April
Harvest begins in November in western growing areas such as Benishangul-Gumuz. New-crop lots reach Djibouti from December, subject to cleaning and stock.
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About this product
Ethiopian households press noug for cooking oil, while the export trade sells the seed mainly into wild-bird food, where finches and other small birds favor its high oil content. Some markets, including the United States, require heat treatment of imported niger seed to kill weed seeds, so state your market’s treatment rules at enquiry.
Harvest begins in November in western growing areas such as Benishangul-Gumuz, and new-crop seed reaches Djibouti from December.
Hajuta confirms final specifications for each lot against the agreed pre-shipment sample.
