Since the beginning of this month, an increase in prices for sunflower seeds has been recorded in Ukrainian ports, according to the monitoring data of APK-Inform analysts. The development of such dynamics, according to experts, was facilitated by the restrained offer of seeds from agricultural producers during the New Year holidays.
“An additional factor in price growth was the preservation of competition between processors and export-oriented companies,” the report said.
Thus, during this period, demand prices for sunflower seeds increased by 500-900 UAH/t (12,66-22,78 Euro/t).
Recall that, according to specialists of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, agricultural producers by January 5 collected 10.5 million tons of sunflower with a yield of 21.7 c/ha. The harvesting took place on an area of 4.8 million hectares (99% of the plan).