Sunflower seeds: Current production estimates for 2019/2020

July 25, 2019 at 10:23 AM , Der AUDITOR
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SOFIA/FRANKFURT. Global production is expetced to range on a similar level as last year.

Global production estimated at 52.38 million metric tonnes

So far, the production prospects are encouraging in Bulgaria and the market is closely observing the weather, which has been rather good for the development of the plants.  Market analyst Oil World is optimistic that production will rise to 2 million metric tonnes in Bulgaria this year, which is an increase of nearly 4% over last year. As yet, the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture has not issued any official data. Market supplies, however, only ranged at 154,000 metric tonnes in Mid-July. Global pr

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