Ukraine’s sunflower oil production returns to record level - experts

Ukraine’s production of sunflower oil in the current marketing season has reverted back to record levels, according to market analysts, the press service of UkrAgroConsult reports.

“In January of the season 2018-2019, large and medium-sized enterprises of Ukraine produced 484.4 thousand tonnes of sunflower oil, which is almost 10% more compared to the previous month (536.8 thousand tonnes) and 11.5% more compared to January 2018. In addition, this season’s January peak has been brought up to a new level,” the statement says.

It is noted that since the beginning of the season 2018-2019 (September-January), Ukraine’s sunflower oil production exceeded the record for the 2016-2017 season (2.4772 million tonnes) by 0.6% and amounted to 2.4933 million tonnes. A year earlier, this figure was at 2.247 million tonnes.

Experts of UkrAgroConsult have left unchanged their estimates for total sunflower seed processing and sunflower oil output in the marketing season 2018-2019.

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