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19.03.2010
In 2009/10 MY, Ukraine to decrease sunflower seed exports
In the current MY (September 2009 – October 2010), Ukraine will export nearly 150 thsd tonnes of sunflower seed as opposed to 767 thsd tonnes in 2008/09 MY, declared Stepan Kapshuk, the General Director of the association Ukrolyaprom, on March 18.
According to the General Director of the association, in February, sunflower seed exports from Ukraine totaled 4 thsd tonnes, as opposed to 149 thsd tonnes in February of the last year.
According to S.Kapshuk, previously, the association expected that the general exports of sunflower seed in the current season will total 600-700 thsd tonnes. However, sunflower seed processing became more favorable in the country compared to export trading.
The head of the association also marked that in the current MY, Ukraine will export 1.75 mln tonnes of rapeseed.
According to estimations of Ukrolyaprom, as of March 1, 2010, the country exported 1.68 mln tonnes of rapeseed. As a reminder, in 2009, Ukraine produced 1.89 mln tonnes of rapeseed.
According to S.Kapshuk, in the current MY, soybean exports from Ukraine will total nearly 300 thsd tonnes, the production volumes – 1.04 mln tonnes.
The director of the association also confirmed the previous forecast of sunflower oil export volumes in 2009/10 MY at the level of nearly 3 mln tonnes.
According to him, during the first 6 months of the current MY, Ukrainian enterprises processed 3.5 mln tonnes of sunflower seed and produced 1.5 mln tonnes of sunflower oil.
