Discovering a marketplace for our grain is just not an issue, the issue is the worth – Agro Plovdiv – 2024-06-11 16:38:05

The prices per hectare of wheat are about BGN 200, and the earnings of the Plovdiv producers with transport to the ocean shall be BGN 180.

“We’re hoping this yr shall be a bit higher, however that may once more depend upon the markets.” As a result of now we have already finished our work. It may be seen that within the final 15-20 years grain manufacturing has maintained a secure development of harvest and yields. The market is the factor that in recent times confused the conventional rhythm of the farms”, the chairman of the Nationwide Affiliation of Grain Producers (NAZ) advised journalists right now earlier than the official opening of the harvest in Plovdiv. Iliya Prodanov.

“Now the worth on the wheat is about BGN 400-410 per ton dropped at the port. Which for the area of Plovdiv means 50 leva down, that’s 350-360 leva worth from the proprietor due to the transport prices. At 500 kg/hectare yield, that is 180 BGN per hectare of earnings, which is extraordinarily inadequate, as a result of the prices are round 200 BGN.

It’s not the issue of discovering a market, the issue is the worth of that market. There’s a market, there’s a demand, however the worth supplied is just not excessive sufficient. That is the place the issue comes from. There are a lot of grain client international locations they usually want to purchase it, however the worth at which they’re trying and discovering it’s low. There may be provide from Ukraine, from Russia, there was an outdated harvest held again in Bulgaria and in Romania, which was supplied in current months. So the provision is there and that does not permit the worth to rise a lot.

Our items are of top quality and, fulfilling European necessities, have a excessive degree of environmental friendliness. This naturally makes the grain costlier. The markets during which we should promote are solvent. That is the European market, which, nonetheless, is at the moment occupied by Ukraine. We have been conventional exporters to Spain and Portugal, however there we’re at the moment displaced by our Ukrainian colleagues. Presently, a big marketplace for Bulgarian wheat is North Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, in addition to Asia. We have now exported a big quantity to South Korea and Indonesia final yr. These are non-traditional markets, as a result of our transport there may be fairly severe. However that is the way in which it’s.’

Relating to the declaration of direct funds in Marketing campaign 2024, Iliya Prodanov stated that all the pieces is dependent upon when the shut button shall be launched. Not all functionalities work but, he clarified.

So when requested whether or not he would personally promote the harvested wheat instantly or hold it in storage, he replied that he would divide the harvest. “One half I’ll promote instantly and one other half I’ll hold.”