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market-update No. 42-2022 travel report Turkish Sultanas ex Özgür tarim

2022-07-07 | Travel report Turkey
1) Özgür Tarim: I travelled to the Izmir-Manisa region from 27–29 June 2022 and visited the new Özgür Tarim factory. Our shipper has invested about USD 15 million in the new sultana factory. It is one of the most modern production facilities in Turkey, or better, in the world. Currently, Özgür Tarim can produce about 50,000 MT per year and has the option to set up 2.5 more production lines and expand its capacity to 80,000 MT.

market-update No. 40-2022 new crop Bulgarian sunflower seeds

2022-07-04 | New crop quotes for sunflower seeds are currently very attractive
The Ukrainian war influenced the new crop quotes in Bulgaria. The Ukrainian farmers are selling their old crop 2021 sunflower seeds in the neighboring countries Romania + Bulgaria at dumping prices contrary to any economic rationality. They fear that the Russians will destroy or occupy their crop. We saw the traffic jam of Ukrainian trucks at the Romanian / Bulgarian frontier during our last trip two weeks ago!

market-update No. 37-2022 Sunflower seeds Bulgaria - Romanian

2022-06-14 | Travel report Bulgaria and Romania
1) Vegetation process of new harvest sunflowers: I traveled about 1,100 km through the sunflower growing areas in the south and north-east of Bulgaria and along the south-eastern Romanian coast at the Black Sea in the period from 7 June - 11 June 2022. The weather was very changeable. Temperatures varied greatly between 20°–30° Celsius. Precipitation alternated with sunshine. One can speak of ideal weather conditions for the sunflowers.

market-update No. 32-2022 Chinese pumpkin seed kernels new crop

2022-05-05 | Prices and forecasts for the new harvest China pumpkins are being adjusted downwards
Pumpkin planting is completed mainly in China. However, the positive outlook for a larger harvest than in 2021 does not seem to be coming true. Chinese exporters are revising their quotations upwards for SHINE SKIN and, in particular, for GWS in the 2022 harvest.

market-update No. 31-2022 Bulgarian sunflower seeds

2022-04-27 | Russia stops gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
As of Wednesday, Russia wants to stop gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria. The background is the dispute over the payment method, in dollars, euros, or rubles. The U.S. government has already announced support.