Crude sunflower oil production 2018/19: key producers in Ukraine

In 2018/19, crushing plants in Ukraine produced 5.5 mln t of sunflower oil, AgroChart reports.

The major producers of crude sunflower oil in the reporting period are as followed:

• Kernel — 28% share of the total output;
• Bunge Ukraine — 11%;
• Optimus Agro — 7%;
• Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) — 7%;
• ViOil — 5%;
• Allseeds — 4%;
• ADM — 4%;
• Cargill — 4%;
• Delta Wilmar CIS — 4%;
• COFCO Agri Ukraine — 3%.

Under the expert estimates, in 2018/19 Ukrainian crushing enterprises produced 6.9 mln t of vegetable oils, 14% more from 2017/18, Edclub writes.

Of the total volume, sunflower oil production reached 6.5 mln t, up 13% from the previous season.