Due to holidays in Europe by the end of last week, there is a profound quietness in the flaxseed market [swpm_protected visible_to=”logged_in_users_only” custom_msg=’This content is for members only. Please login or sign up now.’] for raw material and cleaned seeds. The flax flows like a narrow lazy brook from Kazahkstan and Russia with a “clean stop” in Poland to Western Europe. The prices follow and mirror the movement. There is no heat at all. 610 EUR/mt FCA Kazakhstan, 595 EUR/mt FCA Russia (a tiny, tiny little price rise here) for raw material, and 810 – 820 EUR/mt FCA Poland for processed and cleaned flax has to be paid.
There is information from Kazakhstan about an increased area sown with flaxseed. There should be about 12 % more area sown with the flax compared to the last year. Do the Kazakhstans` farmers try to respond to the remarkable demand and price run from the 2020/2021 season? Could they count for the steady increase? Let the topic continue…
| flax seed origin | raw material 97 % purity | cleaned 99,9 % purity |
| Russia | 595 EUR/t FCA | |
| Kazakhstan | 610 EUR/ t FCA | |
| Canada | 665 EUR/ t FCA | |
| Poland | 810 -820 eur/t FCA |
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