Sunseed Supply And Demand In 2009/10

According to Oil World global sunseed production in 2009/10 is seen at 32.4 MMT, that's up from their previous forecast of 32.1 MMT but below the 33.7 MMT produced in 2008/09.

Production in the EU is forecast at 6.5 MMT (6.7 MMT in 2008/09), Russia at 6.4 MMT (7.0 MMT), Ukraine at 6.0 MMT (6.7 MMT) and Argentina at 3.8 MMT (3.0 MMT).

Global crush is forecast at 29.1 MMT, down 1 MMT on 2008/09.