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Vegetable oils transshipment in seaports decreased 10% in Jan-Aug
24 September 2018, 10:18
The seaports of Ukraine in January-August 2018 provided for the transshipment of 3 510 thou. tons of vegetable oils, which is 9.6% less than over the corresponding period last year.
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) informs that the top 5 seaports in terms of transshipment volumes are:
- Mykolaiv — 1 584.75 thou. tons (–2.1% y-o-y);
- Chernomorsk — 897.08 thou. tons (–6.42%);
- Yuzhny — 986.1 thou. tons (–12.4%);
- Odessa — 93.12 thou. tons (+40%);
- Izmail — 40.44 thou. tons (–19.4%).
UkrAgroConsult previously informed that in September-July of MY2017/18 sunflower oil exports amounted to 4.96 million tons as compared to 5.43 million tons a year ago. By July, the export output lowered by 8.5% compared to that of 2016/17.