Browse Data and Analysis
Filter
Search Data and Analysis
- 8 results found
- (-) May 2019
- (-) April 2016
- (-) Bulgaria
- Clear all
Following big yields and a record corn crop of 3.5 million metric tons (MMT) in 2018, Bulgarian farmers are expanding area planted in MY2019/20 to take advantage of favorable spring weather....
Post forecasts Bulgaria’s rapeseed area and yield in marketing year (MY) 2019/20 will be lower due to drought conditions during the 2018 fall planting season, followed by insufficient 2018/19....
According to the Global Trade Atlas (GTA), in 2018 Bulgaria imported U.S. food and agricultural products valued at $31 million.
During its last plenary session in April 2019, the European Parliament has adopted the draft regulation to increase transparency and sustainability of risk assessment in the food chain.
The food processing industry in Bulgaria accounts for about 20 percent of the country’s industrial output.
The EU-28 sugar production for food purposes for MY 2016/17 is forecast at 16.5 million MT in raw sugar equivalent (RSE), with another 0.9 million MT produced for industrial purposes.
Bulgarian farmers increased wheat planted area in MY2016/17 by 9% as of December 2015. Winter barley planting had a decline of 2.2%.
Following a double digit decline in total oilseed production in MY2015/16 due to summer heat and drought, Bulgarian farmers are ready to expand planted areas under sunflower and rapeseed in MY2016/17.