Recently, according to a report released by the German Union for the Promotion of Oilseeds and Protein Plants (UFOP), the European Commission revised its 2024 sunflower seed production forecast in February 2025, down 7,000 tons from the December 2024 estimate, with total production expected to be 8.0 million tons, a decline of 18% year-on-year. 
  Hungary and France ranked the top two, each producing 1.7 million tons, while Bulgaria produced 1.4 million tons in third place. ROW produced 1.2 million tons, down 38% year-on-year (production declined despite planted acreage reaching an all-time high), dropping from the largest producer to fourth.