Market briefing
Meadow fescue
Festuca pratensis
- Estimated Market Range
- €2.32 – €3.48/kg
Modelled merchant asking prices, excluding VAT; source dates vary. Not a current supplier quotation.
Market watch · As of
- Trade unit value
- €2.66/kg
- Trade volume
- 122.66 t
Observed · 2026-06
Completed 2026-06
Current situation
Germany reports 2026 seed capacity. External import and export periods differ; no net balance is inferred.
What to watch
- Same-period external import and export update
- Certified 2026 lot availability
B2B view
Verify delivered lots; unmatched flows do not establish shortage.
Trade & value
- Trade value
- €321,981
- Volume YoY
- +227.39%
Trade unit value YoY
- Trade unit value YoY
- -11.53%
Observed · 2026-06
Trade unit value history — €/kg
Latest available: €2.66/kg · 2026-06
Trade unit value = reported trade value divided by reported net weight. A customs indicator, not a seller quotation.
EU internal trade volume — tonnes
Leading exporters
- DK 20.03%
- LT 18.55%
- DE 17.54%
- FR 14.1%
- CZ 11.29%
Completed 2026-06
Major corridors
- DK → DE 24.57 t
- LT → FR 20 t
- NL → FR 10.86 t
- SE → FI 10 t
- FR → NL 8.7 t
EU external trade
Exports outside EU: 2026-06 · Imports from outside EU: 2026-05
- Exports outside EU
- 56.83 t
- Imports from outside EU
- 0 t
EU-27 as a whole; reported third-country partners. Special territories excluded. Missing observations are not zero.
Supply evidence
Official seed-production evidence available.
- Years covered
- 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
- Reported metrics
- Certified seed area · Certified seed quantity · Seed multiplication area · Seed production area
Evidence & sources
Evidence basis
- Market situation
- DE_BSA_SEED_AUTHORITY
- Indicator
- Trade unit value · 2026-06; Trade volume · 2026-06
- Geography
- EU-27 · National / regional seed evidence
- Sources / provenance
- 37a5b41b2719315cb33a3785c67b349e82f13783cf0b90982a73d496b049590a
Evidence source identifiers; observation dates are not publication dates.
Historical seed evidence; not available stock.
Customs shipment value, not a seed offer.
National definitions remain separate; no combined EU production total is inferred.
CN / TARIC customs scope
Customs precision varies by commercial seed type.
Customs-group and parent-taxon quantities are not assigned to individual commercial forms.
EU-27 seed exports to EU and third-country destinations; representative customs-derived export unit value.
- 12092311 — Meadow fescue seed for sowing
Sources / provenance
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- ÚKZÚZ — Přehled přihlášených množitelských ploch 2023, 1. a 2. část
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- BAES — Sommerungen gesamt ohne Sorten 2025
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- BAES — Sommerungen gesamt ohne Sorten 2025
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- ÚKZÚZ — Přehled přihlášených množitelských ploch 2025, 1. a 2. část
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- ÚKZÚZ — Přehled přihlášených množitelských ploch 2024, 1. a 2. část
- VAAD — Sēklaudzēšanas lauku platības
- Eurostat — COMEXT DS-045409
- Bundessortenamt — Zur Feldbesichtigung gemeldete Saatgutvermehrungsflächen 2026 (ha)
- Bundessortenamt — Anerkannte Saatgutmengen (dt) 2025 (Wirtschaftsjahr 2025/2026)
Missing evidence is not zero. No interpolation or customs-group allocation.
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