What is the price of sunflower seeds in Canada?

As of January 2025, sunflower seeds in Canada is US$ 0.45 per kg (0.61 CAD), sourced from FAOSTAT Producer Prices.

What is Canada's world export rank for sunflower seeds?

Canada ranks 20th among 90 sunflower seed exporters.

How much sunflower seed did Canada produce in 2024?

Canada produced 50,680 tonnes of sunflower seeds in 2024.

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Sunflower Seeds Prices in Canada

US$ 0.45 / kg

0.61 CAD / kg

MoM ▼ 20.4% YoY ▼ 20.4%

Checked: Jun 9, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: FAOSTAT Producer Prices

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CAD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Farmgate	0.45	0.61	▼ 20.4%	▼ 20.4%	FAOSTAT Producer Prices
-	Export (unit value)	0.87	1.17	▲ 10.3%	▲ 10.3%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the sunflower seeds price in Canada available is US$ 0.45 per kg (0.61 CAD), down 20.4% year-on-year.

Canada exported 41,561 tonnes of sunflower seeds in 2024, valued at US$32.6 million, ranking 20th among 90 global exporters and accounting for 0.7% of world exports. The country is a net exporter, with production at 50,680 tonnes (0.1% of global output), ranking 34th worldwide and showing a 45.2% decrease year-on-year. The latest farmgate price is US$0.4498 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - sunflower seeds in Canada

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $32.6M (41.6 kt) of sunflower seeds▲ 8.9% YoY. That ranks #20 worldwide (0.7% of global exports).

$32.6M

Export value

41.6 kt

Export volume

#20 / 90

World rank

0.7%

Global share

$0.79

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top sunflower seeds exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 China $819.3M · 18%
#2 Romania $724.1M · 15.9%
#3 France $555.2M · 12.2%
#4 Bulgaria $506.9M · 11.2%
#5 Turkey $345.7M · 7.6%

Annual export data Canada · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$32.6M	41.6 kt	$0.79
2023	$30M	26.9 kt	$1.11
2022	$43.7M	37.9 kt	$1.15
2021	$37M	49.4 kt	$0.75
2020	$32.4M	46.4 kt	$0.7

Production FAOSTAT · 2024

Canada produced 50.7 kt of sunflower seeds in 2024▼ 45.2% YoY. It ranks #34 among producing countries (0.1% of world output).

50.7 kt

mi_production

23,800 ha

Area harvested

0.21 t/ha

Yield

#34

World rank

Production by year (tonnes)

HS Code

sunflower seeds is traded under Harmonized System code 1206.00. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade; production - FAOSTAT (FAO); harvest season - FAO GIEWS Crop Calendar. Values are official reported figures.

Canada sunflower seeds - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of sunflower seeds exported by Canada in 2020 was 46,382 metric tons. In 2019 Canada shipped 29,387 tonnes of sunflower seeds. Across 2019 alone, the market for Canada sunflower seeds (oil seeds category) has escalated, with a change of 37.954 % compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, sunflower seeds' exports went up by 85.37 percent netting the country US$21.58m for the year 2019. Canada's sunflower seeds exports are categorised as:

Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken (HS code 120600)

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Canada sunflower seeds export values

In 2019, Canada supplied sunflower seeds with a value of 21.58m USD, an improvement of 51.61% from 2018's total sunflower seeds export of 14.234m USD. The yearly change in value of Canada sunflower seeds between 2017 to 2018 was 33.59 pc.

The annual variation in the quantity of Canada's sunflower seeds exports between 2017 and 2019 was 85.37 pc compared to a variation of 37.954% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Canada's share of the world's total sunflower seeds' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country is ranked position 15 in world exports of sunflower seeds.

Export markets for Canada sunflower seeds ( in '000$ )

Canada's top destinations for sunflower seeds are Japan, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Australia and Bulgaria.

Import/Export Trends

Canada is a net exporter of sunflower seeds. The annual growth of Canada sunflower seeds in value between 2015 to 2019 was -7%, per year, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was -14%, per annum.

Canada bought 25,156 tonnes of sunflower seeds in 2019.

Production

The production of sunflower seeds in Canada was 62,900 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of 9.77%. The country had approximately 28,800.00 hectares under sunflower seeds cultivation.

Other Oil Seeds Prices in Canada

Latest prices for other oil seeds in Canada:

Safflower$1.15/kg Cotton Seeds$1.58/kg Castor (Ricinus) Seeds$1.15/kg Poppy Seeds$3.06/kg Mustard Seeds$1.09/kg Sesame Seeds$1.36/kg Linseed (Flax)$0.47/kg

Fr: Canada Graines de tournesol prix

Scientific name: Helianthus annuus

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