- In Russia, 90.4% of sunseed areas have been harvested, yielding 16.4 million tons with an average yield of 1.66 tons per hectare. The country produces about 30% of the world’s sunseed production.

- In 2024, Russia's soybean and rapeseed productions are expected to reach record levels of 7 million and 4.8 million tons, respectively. The sunseed production is projected at 15.85 million tons (down from 17.25 million in 2023). In 2023, the total oilseed production was 29.9 million tons (compared to 29.1 million in 2022).

- Russia has harvested 128 million tons of grain, covering 97% of all crop areas.

- As of October 1, 2024, Russia's wheat stocks in agricultural and storage facilities totaled 18.7 million tons, down 14% from the previous year.

- According to Oil World data, Turkey imported 350,000 tons of sunseed oil in 2023/24 (October–September), marking a three-year low.

- From July 1 to November 3, 2024, soft wheat exports from the EU reached 7.76 million tons, down 32% from the previous year. Barley exports totaled 1.7 million tons (-39%). The top exporter was Romania with 2.43 million tons, followed by Lithuania (1.08 million tons), Latvia (1.04 million tons), Poland (750,000 tons), Bulgaria (710,000 tons), France (660,000 tons), and Germany (690,000 tons). The largest buyers were Nigeria (1.26 million tons), Egypt (691,700 tons), Morocco (584,600 tons), the UK (540,400 tons), and Algeria (482,200 tons).

- In 2024/25, India’s imports of vegetable oils are expected to fall to 15 million tons due to strong oilseed productions. In 2023/24, India imported 16 million tons of oils. Palm oil imports for 2023/24 were 9.2 million tons (down from 9.8 million in 2022/23), making up 60% of total oil imports. Sunseed oil imports are projected to increase to 3.5 million tons (from 2.9 million).

- In October, China’s soybean imports reached 8.09 million tons, the highest level in four years, up 56% from October 2023. From January to October, imports totaled 89.94 million tons, an 11.2% increase from the previous year. China is likely to set a record for total soybean imports in 2024, surpassing the previous record of 100.31 million tons set in 2020. The potential new term of Trump is causing concern among Chinese importers, who are purchasing in advance to avoid possible new tariffs between the U.S. and China.