Chart of the week: China snacks on peanuts

A surge in demand for peanuts in China is outstripping supply from the top exporter Argentina, sending the price of the legumes soaring.

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The Chinese "are just hoovering everything up", according to one trader. Demand for peanuts has flared up in the Middle Kingdom as increasingly health-conscious consumers like to snack on them and chefs turn to peanut oil for cooking.

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