Prices for sunflower on Monday plummeted by 900-1300 UAH/t within a day.

Prices for sunflower at factories on December 22 fell sharply — by 900-1300 UAH/t. This is reported by Latifundist.com with reference to the analyst and author of the blog "Analytical Baton." According to the expert, first the prices were lowered by large factories, followed by medium-sized ones. "As I see the situation. Factories bought the raw materials and now there is no need to buy expensively. The holidays and liquidity of trading are falling. This argument also often drives the price down. War risks, which clearly do not help growth. On the weekend, one of the large portside factories was destroyed, and this is also a key argument why they are not ready to buy sunflower, like, 'What if my factory gets hit?'" says the analyst. He noted that based on these factors, sunflower collapsed without objective market factors, "just factories are speculating, plus war risks." But from January, the need for raw materials will start to grow again, the analyst predicts. "The production ...