market-update No. 23-2020 Bulgarian sunflower seeds - curfew

2020-03-20 | The Bulgarian government imposes a curfew. The Bulgarian government imposes a curfew. The scheme enters into force yesterday at 12 o´clock midnight. Today Bulgaria has only 180 confirmed coronavirus patients and 3 deaths. All of the cases are elder people with previous illnesses, e.g. cancer.

Following official reports, the economy will be kept running. On Monday our shipper will discuss with personnel how they will organize the transfer to the workplace. At the moment, we cannot predict which consequences these measures have. However, we can confirm that our shipper Sadina has introduced new and expanded hygiene measures into their operations many months ago. This included new aisles into the production layout in order to avoid contamination between sectors. Further on external workforces are no longer allowed on the premises. All external audits have been canceled.