• How did sunflower maintain its competitiveness on Oilseeds markets?
  • Sunflower succeeded in maintaining its competitiveness on oilseeds markets in the previous decades, through continuous innovation in genetics, production and markets and a growing segmentation.
  • Which countries import sunflower oil?
  • 75% of sunflower oil imports are bought by 8?countries (see Tab. 2 ). EU, CIS (mainly Ukraine and Russia) and Turkey are also exporters. The European Union is net importer of approx. 0.9?MnT /year; CIS is net exporter of 7.7?MnT.
  • Does sunflower oil make biodiesel?
  • However, sunflower oil has not been strongly involved in biodiesel on this decade, the major raw materials being in order of importance palm oil (17?MnT in 2019), soyabean oil (11?MnT), rapeseed oil (6.7?Mnt), tallow and reused oils (4.6?MnT).
  • Is sunflower oil a premium oil?
  • The average level of vegetable oils markets will not depend on sunflower, but sunflower oil keeps specific advantages regarding nutritional quality and technological properties which should allow it to maintain its position among premium oils.
  • Does hulled sunflower meal increase the value of soybean meal?
  • Peyronnet et al. (2012) showed that the price of interest of classical sunflower meal (29% of proteins) was 43% of soybean meal, when improved semi-hulled sunflower meal (with 32% protein) and de-hulled sunflower meal (¡°Hi-pro¡± with 36% protein) would reach 50% and 70% of the soybean value respectively.
  • Is sunflower oil cheaper than rapeseed oil?
  • The last 3?years show a lasting inversion of this tendency, the sunflower oil FOB NW Europe being 41 to 48?US$/ton cheaper than soybean oil and 104 to 185?US$ cheaper than rapeseed oil (yearly average, October to September, source Oil World, 2019 ). It kept a premium between 30 and 130?US$ compared to palm oil.