Sunflower seed and meal ports and hubs in The Black Sea
18 ports and hubs in the Black Sea handle sunflower seed and meal, across 5 countries: Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. Grades: Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) and Sunflower Meal (Hi-Pro 37%).
ExportImportCrushing / transitInland river
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Grades
- Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) (16.0% - 18.0% (Oil 44-48%)) - Black Sea and Danube oilseed powerhouse. Essential for high-smoke-point edible oil and birdseed.
- Sunflower Meal (Hi-Pro 37%) (36.0% - 38.0%) - High-protein sunflower extraction meal, the principal Black Sea protein co-product. Higher fibre and lower lysine than soymeal, priced at a discount and used widely in ruminant and layer rations.
Ports and hubs (18)
| Hub | Country | Type | Grades handled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Burgas Burgas Bulgaria's southern Black Sea port. Prices here are European Commission farm-gate quotations for the Burgas district; the Commission's Burgas FOB series ended in 2022. | Bulgaria | Seaport Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Port of Ruse (Danube) Ruse Bulgaria's main Danube river port, loading barges down to the Black Sea and up the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor. Prices are European Commission farm-gate quotations for the Ruse district. | Bulgaria | River port Inland river | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Port of Varna Varna Bulgaria's principal Black Sea grain port. Prices here are European Commission farm-gate quotations for the Varna district: the Commission discontinued its Varna FOB series in 2023, and a three-year-old port price is not shown as current. | Bulgaria | Seaport Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Port of Giurgiulesti (Danube) Giurgiulesti Moldova's only port, on the Danube where it meets the Romanian and Ukrainian borders, loading grain for export. | Moldova | River port Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Port of Constanta (Comvex & Chimpex) Constanta Black Sea mega-hub and transshipment powerhouse. Confluence of the Danube-Black Sea canal, loading Capesize and Panamax bulkers with Romanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Hungarian crops. | Romania | Seaport Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic), Sunflower Meal (Hi-Pro 37%) |
| Port of Galati (Danube) Galati Romania's largest Danube port and a barge-to-ship transshipment point for grain moving down to the Black Sea. | Romania | River port Inland river | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Krasnodar (Kuban) Krasnodar Capital of Krasnodar Krai, Russia's second wheat region with about 12% of the crop, and a large maize and sunflower producer. Its grain moves by rail to Novorossiysk, Taman and Kavkaz. | Russia | Inland hub Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Port of Azov Azov Russian port at the mouth of the Don on the Sea of Azov, handling grain in shallow-draft coasters. | Russia | River port Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Port of Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don Russian river port on the Don, loading shallow-draft vessels out across the Sea of Azov. | Russia | River port Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Saratov (Volga) Saratov Volga region of winter wheat, durum and sunflower, part of the south-western belt that grows over half of Russia's wheat. | Russia | Inland hub Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Stavropol Stavropol Centre of Stavropol Krai, one of Russia's three largest wheat regions, shipping by rail to Novorossiysk and the Caspian. | Russia | Inland hub Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Volgograd (Lower Volga) Volgograd Lower Volga river port at the head of the Volga-Don canal, linking the Volga wheat lands to both the Azov and Caspian export routes. | Russia | River port Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Voronezh (Central Black Earth) Voronezh Centre of the black-earth belt south of Moscow, growing wheat, sugar beet, sunflower and maize; grain goes south by rail to the Azov and Black Sea ports. | Russia | Inland hub Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic) |
| Port of Izmail (Danube) Izmail Ukrainian Danube port that became a principal grain export route when the Black Sea ports were blockaded in 2022. | Ukraine | River port Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic), Sunflower Meal (Hi-Pro 37%) |
| Port of Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Ukrainian port on the Southern Bug, historically one of the largest grain export hubs in the country; its operations have been heavily disrupted since 2022. | Ukraine | River port Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic), Sunflower Meal (Hi-Pro 37%) |
| Port of Odesa & Chornomorsk Odesa Historic Ukrainian deep-water grain gateway handling high-capacity export flows into the Mediterranean and worldwide. | Ukraine | Seaport Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic), Sunflower Meal (Hi-Pro 37%) |
| Port of Pivdennyi Pivdennyi Deep-water Ukrainian port east of Odesa, one of the three ports of the Greater Odesa grain export corridor. | Ukraine | Seaport Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic), Sunflower Meal (Hi-Pro 37%) |
| Port of Reni (Danube) Reni Ukrainian Danube port which, with Izmail, carried much of Ukraine's grain exports while the Black Sea ports were blockaded in 2022. | Ukraine | River port Export | Sunflower Seed (High Oleic / Linoleic), Sunflower Meal (Hi-Pro 37%) |