Market briefing
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
- Estimated Market Range
- €4.16 – €6.24/kg
Modelled merchant asking prices, excluding VAT; source dates vary. Not a current supplier quotation.
Market situation · As of
- Trade unit value
- €5.25/kg
- Trade volume
- 2,599.54 t
Observed · 2026-06
Completed 2026-06
Current situation
June 2026 seed dispatches rose slightly; customs unit value fell. Seed-production evidence ends in 2025.
Market drivers
- Trade
- June 2026 seed dispatches rose slightly; customs unit value fell.
Trade & value
- Trade value
- €13,089,806
- Volume YoY
- +2.88%
Trade unit value YoY
- Trade unit value YoY
- -26.07%
Observed · 2026-06
Trade unit value history — €/kg
Latest available: €5.25/kg · 2026-06
Trade unit value = reported trade value divided by reported net weight. A customs indicator, not a seller quotation.
EU internal trade volume — tonnes
Leading exporters
- CZ 39.07%
- SK 10.48%
- RO 10.15%
- BG 9.44%
- ES 9.23%
Completed 2026-06
Major corridors
- CZ → DE 621.65 t
- CZ → HU 392.43 t
- SK → DE 272.31 t
- RO → FR 186.67 t
- ES → FR 140.1 t
EU external trade
Completed 2026-06
- Exports outside EU
- 70.53 t
- Imports from outside EU
- 27.67 t
- Trade balance
- +42.87 t
EU-27 as a whole; reported third-country partners. Special territories excluded. Missing observations are not zero.
Supply evidence
Official seed-production evidence available.
- Years covered
- 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Reported metrics
- Certified seed quantity · Certified seed area · Certified seed quantity · Seed production area
Evidence & sources
Evidence basis
- Market situation
- EUROSTAT_COMEXT_DS045409
- Indicator
- Trade unit value · 2026-06; Trade volume · 2026-06
- Geography
- EU-27 · National / regional seed evidence
- Sources / provenance
- 37a5b41b2719315cb33a3785c67b349e82f13783cf0b90982a73d496b049590a
Evidence source identifiers; observation dates are not publication dates.
Latest market evidence
Latest completed trade: June 2026. Customs values describe shipments, not current offers or available lots.
Historical seed evidence; not available stock.
Customs shipment value, not a seed offer.
National definitions remain separate; no combined EU production total is inferred.
CN / TARIC customs scope
Customs precision varies by commercial seed type.
Customs-group and parent-taxon quantities are not assigned to individual commercial forms.
DIRECT_SPECIES_SEED_FOR_SOWING;EU27_EXPORTS_INTRA_AND_EXTRA;COUNTRY_PARTNERS_ONLY
- 12060010 — Sunflower seeds for sowing
Sources / provenance
- DGAV — Dados Nacionais – DGAV
- MAPA — Superficie dedicada a la producción semillas certificadas. Campaña 2022-2023.xlsx
- DGAV — Dados Nacionais – DGAV
- DGAV — Dados Nacionais – DGAV
- MAPA — MAPA seed certification statistics
- BAES — Sommerungen gesamt ohne Sorten 2025
- DGAV — Dados Nacionais – DGAV
- DGAV — Dados Nacionais – DGAV
- ESCAA — Seed production in EU - 2025
- MAPA — MAPA seed certification statistics
- BAES — Sommerungen gesamt ohne Sorten 2025
- DGAV — Dados Nacionais – DGAV
- ÚKSÚP — UZNANÉ MNOŽITEĽSKÉ PLOCHY V ROKU 2025
- ÚKSÚP — UZNANÉ MNOŽITEĽSKÉ PLOCHY V ROKU 2025
- MAPA — Superficie dedicada a la producción semillas certificadas. Campaña 2020-2021.xlsx
- MAPA — MAPA seed certification statistics
- Eurostat — COMEXT DS-045409
- Bundessortenamt — Anerkannte Saatgutmengen (dt) 2025 (Wirtschaftsjahr 2025/2026)
Missing evidence is not zero. No interpolation or customs-group allocation.
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