Marktbericht No. 73-2019 market update Bulgarian sunflower kernels new harvest

2019-10-17 | The price level for sunflower kernels increasing significantly
Last week the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture has announced the official crop size for sunflower seeds at 1,6 million mt. This number is clearly behind the previous estimate of 2 million mt.
By now Bulgarian hulling factories have 6–8 weeks experience with raw materials from the new crop. This year the material is extremely dry with only 4–5 percent residual moisture compared to normally 6–7 percent! Due to this dryness, the amount of breakage has increased. The amount of so-called „chips“ has doubled. These poor hulling results have led to a significant price increase in production.