Sunflower stocks in Ukraine amount to 5.8 million tons

Sunflower stocks at enterprises that process and store oilseeds as of October 1, 2017, amounted to 5.83 million tons, which is 24.7 thousand tons less than the same indicator in 2016 (5.85 million tons).

The State Statistics Service of Ukraine reports that the largest stocks of sunflower are at enterprises of Dnepropetrovsk region (612,400 tons), Kharkiv region (556,800 tons) and Odessa region (554,700 tons).

Reference: according to the data of the joint project of Latifundist.com and AGCO Harvest Online 2017, the sunflower yield in Ukraine amounts to 10.5 million tons with the productivity of 1.95 tons/ha (2016 — 2.20 tons/ha).