Refined sunflower oil output plunged 28% in Jan-Mar

In the period January-March, crushing plants in Ukraine produced 172.71 thou. t of refined sunflower oil, the State Statistics Service figures show.

Refined sunoil production in the reporting period is 27.5% lower YoY. In March, refined sunflower oil outturn made up 59.34 thou. t, 30% lower YoY.

Statistics show that refined sunflower oil stocks at processing enterprises as of the end of March amounted to 27.22 thou. t.

Learn more: TOP 10 Unrefined Sunflower Oil Producers 2019/20 in Ukraine

Sunflower production 2020 in Ukraine was finalized at 13.1 mln t on 6.4 mln ha, the average yield stood at 2.06 t/ha.

Oil crushing plants in Ukraine provided for the processing of 8.091 mln t of oilseed crops as of March 1.

A Bunge Ukraine subsidiary, Dnipropetrovsk Oil Extraction Plant, produced the largest volume of refined sunoil in Sep-Jan 2020/21.

Learn more:

• Key refined sunflower oil producers in Sep-Jan 2020/21
• TOP 10 Sunflower Producing Countries in 2019
• Vegetable Oil Refinery and Deodorization Plant

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