25 October 2021, 18:17, Oilseeds

Refined sunflower oil production in Ukraine: largest crushers in 2020/21

Dnipropetrovsk Oil Extraction Plant, a subsidiary of Bunge Ukraine, produced the largest volume of refined sunflower oil in 2020/21(September 2020-August 2021). The facility's share in the total production is 19.1%, the Association Ukroilprom reports.

Crushing plants in Ukraine produced 745.3 thou. t of refined sunflower oil in the reporting period.

The largest oilseeds crushing facilities in Ukraine in the reporting period by market share:

  1. Dnipropetrovsk Oil Extraction Plant (Bunge Ukraine): 19.1%
  2. Poltava Oil Crushing Plant (Kernel): 13%
  3. Delta Wilmar Ukraine: 12.9%
  4. Oliyar: 9%
  5. Prykolotne Oil Crushing Plant (Kernel): 8.5%
  6. GradOil Refinery: 6.5%
  7. Viktor & K: 6.4%
  8. Ukroliyaproduct (UKROLIYA): 5.1%
  9. Schedro: 3.8%

Crushing plants in Ukraine finalized the 2020/21 season ahead of schedule.

Kernel chose to switch to rapeseed processing in Q1 FY2022 as a result of weak supply of sunflowerseeds to fully utilize its capacities.

As of 21 October, sunflower harvesting in Ukraine was completed on 83% of the area.

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