Russia has reduced imports of sunflower seeds and corn in 2023

Domestic producers of corn seeds can completely replace imported planting material by 2025, according to Ruseed Based on the results of last year, Russia reduced imports of sunflower seeds and corn by 38% and 45% - to 15.1 thousand tons and 18 thousand tons, respectively. Agroinvestor was told about this by the press service of the breeding and seed company Ruseed. It is noted that the share of sunflower seeds and corn from unfriendly countries decreased in 2023, and for sunflower seeds by 22 percentage points. “The USA and Austria left the Russian market, and EU countries significantly reduced supplies, including large suppliers Hungary and France. There was a reorientation of imports to friendly partners: Turkey significantly increased supplies, selling 15% more sunflower seeds and twice as many corn seeds to the Russian Federation,” Ruseed reported. According to the company’s estimates, the total demand of the Russian market for sunflower seed material is estimated at 40 ...