# Sunflower seeds: shift in demand - Mundus Agri

> Kazakhstan stopped sunflower seed exports until June 30, 2020 because of the coronavirus. Bulgaria lowered its sunflower oil customs threshold, and buyers are shifting toward Bulgarian seed, pushing prices higher.

- Date: 2020-04-08 · published 2020-04-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Eastern Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53754-sunflower-seeds-shift-in-demand-mundus-agri
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Kazakh export halt tightens seed supply to crushers, supporting sunflower seed and meal prices in Europe and Turkey.

## Read by commodity

- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- mundus-agri.eu: https://www.mundus-agri.eu/news/sunflower-seeds-shift-demand.n21997.html

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