According to estimates by experts from the European Commission, last week (November 13-20), EU countries increased their rapeseed imports to 216,5 thousand Tonnen increased, compared to 127,2 thousand tons in the previous week. In this case, oil seasonal imports have reached a total of 2,8 million tons (+42% per year).
At the same time, Ukraine remains the main supplier of in the current season Rapeseeds to the countries of the bloc – 1,9 million tons of Ukrainian oil have been imported since July 1. In addition, EU countries imported 728,2 thousand tons of rapeseed from Australia and 107 thousand tons from Canada.
Experts also estimate that EU countries lost 77.000 tons last week Sunflower seeds imported (+13.000 thousand tons per week), and in just 4,5 months of the current MG 1,16 million tons, which is 6,7 times higher than in the same period last season (172,7 thousand tons). Of this volume, 86% of oilseeds (1 million tons) were imported from Ukraine.