Vegetable oils transshipment in sea ports in January-October increased by 26%
10 November 2017, 15:58
The seaports of Ukraine in January–October 2017 provided for the transshipment of 4.71 million tons of vegetable oils, which is 26.16% more than for the same period last year.
USPA infrorms that the top 5 seaports in terms of vegetable oils transshipment are:
- Nikolaev — 1,899.5 million tons (+21,88% compared to the same period last year);
- Chernomorsk — 1,432.66 million tons (+34,96%);
- Yuzhnyi — 1,097.49 million tons (+31,53%);
- Odessa — 85.32 thousand tons (–20,39%);
- Mariupol — 73.6 thousand tons (+20.66%).
Reference: the global production of sunflower oil in MY 2017/18, among 10 oilseed crops, accounts for 9% of the total volume (against 8% in MY 1997/98) and comes third in the world after soybean (62% vs. 55%) and rapeseed (11% vs. 12%).