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Sunflower seeds: Coceral issues revised production estimates

September 23, 2019 at 3:28 PM , Der AUDITOR
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BRUSSELS. Coceral expects production in Europe to be similar in size to last year . The recently issued production estimate states that production will range at...

... 10.98 million metric tonnes. However, At 500 metric tonnes Coceral's estimate for Moldova, however, ranges lower than other production estimates. The USDA, for isntance, reckons that production is set to rise by 14.8% to 900,000 metric tonnes. Combined estimates states that production is set to rise by 1.4% to 11.39 million metric tonnes in Europe.

Sunflower seed production, Europe in 1.000 mt

Country

2018

2019

Diff.

Romania

2,822

3,025

7.2%

Hungary

1,815

1,814

-0.1%

Bulgaria

1,969

1,888

-4.1%

France

1,254

1,403

11.9%

Moldova

784*

900*

14.8%

Spain

922

752

-18.4%

Serbia

713

677

-5.0%

Italy

242

253

4.5%

Greece

198

209

5.6%

Slovakia

202

149

-26.2%

Others

303

315

4.0%

Total

11,224

11,385

1.4%

COCERAL; *USDA (September 2019)

18-year low in Slovakia

The cut back in acreage and reduced yields coupled with a lack of rain will have an impact on prodcution in Slovakia. Coceral estimates that prodcution will decline by 26% to 149,000 metric tonnes. The Statistical Office of the Slovak Repubic even reckons that production will fall by as much as 35% to 132,100 metric tonnes. This low figure was last witnessed at the beginning of the century.

 

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