Sunflower oil production in 9M 2019 up 15 pct

In the period of January-September 2019, unrefined sunflower oil production in Ukraine totalled 3.83 mln t.

According to the data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine (SSSU), this indicator is 15.9% higher from the prior year's comparative indicator.

In September 2019, sunoil output reached 461.94 thou. t, 5.1% more from September 2018.

As a reminder, in 2019/20 Ukraine is expected to produce a record over 20 years volume of sunflower oil — 6.5 mln t.