site.btaBulgaria at Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels

Agriculture and Food Minister Kiril Vatev presented Bulgaria's problem with sunflower seed and powdered milk to the EU Council on Agriculture and Fisheries in Brussels. He informed about the expected good harvest in Bulgaria and the remaining 700,000 tonnes available from last year, as a result of cheap import of sunflower seeds and unrefined oil. Vatev pointed out that against this background, a significant growth of Ukrainian sunflower seed exports is expected, and that Bulgaria and its neighbouring countries are unable to handle the processing of significantly increased quantities.