# Turkey on pace for record sunflower seed crop | World Grain

> USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service forecasts Turkey's 2022-23 sunflower seed crop at a record 1.9 million tonnes, with record sunflower meal and oil output. Turkey's seed imports are forecast at 1 million tonnes, assuming the Ukraine grain corridor stays open.

- Date: 2022-10-07 · published 2022-10-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Turkey · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39252-turkey-on-pace-for-record-sunflower-seed-crop-world-grain
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A record Turkish crush reduces its import needs for seed and crude oil, which is modestly bearish for Black Sea sunflower exports and sunflower meal demand from Turkey.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2024-04-01 | [The Grain Council raised the forecast for the world sunflower harvest by 600 thousand tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30847-the-grain-council-raised-the-forecast-for-the-world-sunflower-harvest-by-600.md) | +0.2% | -5.4% |
| SBO | 2026-06-25 | [Sunflower seeds: outlook for the 2026 crop - Mundus Agri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12627-sunflower-seeds-outlook-for-the-2026-crop-mundus-agri.md) | -2.8% | +8.0% |
| SBO | 2017-05-12 | [Ukraine could beat own record in sunflower oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71119-ukraine-could-beat-own-record-in-sunflower-oil-exports.md) | +0.5% | +0.1% |
| SBO | 2023-04-14 | [EU sunflower-seed output set to hit record level this year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36521-eu-sunflower-seed-output-set-to-hit-record-level-this-year.md) | +1.0% | -3.8% |
| SBO | 2022-05-30 | [EU sunflower harvest to set record by bigger margin than thought - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41521-eu-sunflower-harvest-to-set-record-by-bigger-margin-than-thought-grain-price.md) | -0.3% | -14.2% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/17571-turkey-on-pace-for-record-sunflower-seed-crop

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