Sunflower seeds become more expensive

By: STA Date: 2025. 07. 01. 09:30

In its June projection, Oil World expects a global sunflower seed harvest of 60.6 million tons in the 2025/2026 marketing year, 11 percent higher than in 2024/2025.

(Photo: Pixabay)

Global consumption could be 59.8 million tons (+8.5 percent), and the closing stock of the crop could be 5.1 million tons (+17 percent). According to Stratégie Grains, the area sown to sunflower in the European Union in the 2025/2026 season could be 4.8 million hectares, 2 percent less than in the previous season. In eastern Romania – where the increase in temperature was accompanied by precipitation – the condition of the crops is satisfactory. In

Bulgaria, Western Romania and Hungary, growing conditions may deteriorate due to lack of rain

In France, the weather has been dry and warm since sowing, while in the southwestern European member states the situation is more favorable thanks to showers. According to AKI PÁIR data, high-oil sunflower seeds (LO) were purchased by processors and traders for HUF 191.6 thousand/tonne (+27 percent) in the third week of June. The producer price of industrial sunflower seeds (including high-oleic sunflower seeds) excluding VAT and transport costs was HUF 191.8 thousand/tonne (+26 percent).

AKI PÁIR