Sunflower seeds: drastic rise in prices

January 8, 2020 at 2:19 PM , Der AUDITOR
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SOFIA. Reports state that traders in Bulgaria are only slowly returning from the Christmas break. They make the prices work for them.

Suppliers are concerned

Suppliers, who have promised their customers considerably lower contract prices, are watching the price increases with growing concern. Problem is that these suppliers mainly comprise small and medium-sized companies that did not necessarily have engough funds to stock up on supplies at the beginning of the season. To make matters worse, traders are holding back in a bid to drive up prices even higher.

Prices rise by 23%

Bakery kernels were last seen trading in a similar range as before Christmas in

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