Sunflower oil output in Ukraine grows to record of 4.65 mln t in 2013/14 agri-year, says Ukroliyaprom Kyiv, October 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine in the 2013/14 agricultural year (September-August) produced 4.65 million tonnes of unrefined sunflower oil, which is 1.14 million tonnes or 32.5% more than in the previous season, the Ukroliyaprom association has reported. In 2013/14 agri-year Ukraine produced a record of unrefined sunflower oil – 4.65 million tonnes, compared to 3.51 million tonnes in 2012/13 agri-year, reads the report, citing Director General Stepan Kapshuk. Production of soybean oil grew by 36.8%, to almost 130,000 tonnes, and rapeseed oil output soared by 15 times, to over 60,000 tonnes. Ukroliyaprom said that 80% of these products are exported. Last agri-year 4.2 million tonnes of sunflower oil was exported, compared to 3.24 million tonnes in 2012/13 agri-year. The key countries that import Ukrainian sunflower oil are India, the EU countries, the Middle East and China.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 09:39:43 +0000
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