Russia had the highest projected production volume of sunflower seeds of any country in the world in the 2025/26 crop year. Russia was expected to produce around ** million metric tons of sunflower seeds. Ukraine is also a major producer of sunflower seeds, with a production volume of around **** million metric tons.
Vegetable oils are a staple in American households and restaurants, used in pan-frying, deep-frying, salad dressings, and more. The edible oil with the highest level of consumption in the United States was soybean oil. Other popular types of vegetable oil among American consumers are canola oil and palm oil. Of all the major edible oil types in the United States, sunflower seed oil is the second to least popular, with a consumption volume higher than only that of peanut oil.
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USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. (February 19, 2026). Production volume of sunflower seed in major producer countries in 2025/26 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263928/production-of-sunflower-seed-since-2000-by-major-countries/
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. "Production volume of sunflower seed in major producer countries in 2025/26 (in million metric tons)." Chart. February 19, 2026. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263928/production-of-sunflower-seed-since-2000-by-major-countries/
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. (2026). Production volume of sunflower seed in major producer countries in 2025/26 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263928/production-of-sunflower-seed-since-2000-by-major-countries/
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. "Production Volume of Sunflower Seed in Major Producer Countries in 2025/26 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Feb 2026, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263928/production-of-sunflower-seed-since-2000-by-major-countries/
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Production volume of sunflower seed in major producer countries in 2025/26 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263928/production-of-sunflower-seed-since-2000-by-major-countries/ (last visited March 28, 2026)
Production volume of sunflower seed in major producer countries in 2025/26 (in million metric tons) [Graph], USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, February 19, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263928/production-of-sunflower-seed-since-2000-by-major-countries/
