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Drought shrinks yields in Bulgaria, EU lowers sunflower forecasts, and Russia enters a systemic grain crisis – what next for the market? | Agri.BG

In July 2025, the volume of grain imports to Turkey amounted to $252.0 million. The volume of Russian grain imports was $76.7 million, reports the agency Zerno On-Line. During the period in question, 127.8 thousand tons of wheat were imported for $31.5 million. Almost all of the imported wheat is of Russian origin. Barley imports amounted to 89.4 thousand tons or $19.1 million. Bulgaria became the main supplier of barley. The volume of corn imports in July was 633.7 thousand tons or $160.9 million, including 172.4 thousand tons or $43.8 million from Russia.

Core Insight: According to statistics from the Federal Agency for Fisheries of the Russian Federation (Rosrybolovstvo) and the Fish Union of Russia, from January to August 2025, the total fishing catch in Russia was 3.47 million tons, a decrease of 1.9% year-on-year. The Far Eastern fishing grounds contributed 2.69 million tons, basically unchanged from last year; the Northern fishing grounds saw a significant decline, with a catch of 244,000 tons, a decrease of 31.5% year-on-year, including 132,900 tons of Atlantic cod. The Western fishing grounds had a catch of 543,000 tons, a decrease of 2% year-on-year.