Ukraine 2020/21 sunoil exports seen at 5.52 mln T –ministry
29.03.2021 (www.agriculture.com) - KYIV, March 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine, the world largest sunflower oil exporter, is likely to produce 5.920 million tonnes of sunoil in the 2020/21 season and export 5.520 million tonnes, the economy ministry said on Monday in its first published outlook for the current season.
The ministry gave no comparative data for 2019/20.
APK-Inform agriculture consultancy has said Ukraine produced 7.03 million tonnes of sunoil in the 2019/20 season which runs from September to August, and exported 6.63 million tonnes of the commodity.
In the 2020/21 season, the consultancy forecast Ukraine could produce 6.02 million tonnes of sunoil and would export 5.6 million tonnes.
The ministry said Ukraine also would produce 220,000 tonnes of soy oil and 100,000 tonnes of rape oil. Most of them will be exported.
The ministry said Ukraine would also export most of its 2.59 million tonne rapeseed harvest, leaving only 266,000 tonnes for the domestic market.
It said 2.376 million tonnes of rapeseed had been exported so far in the 2020/21 season, out of an expected exportable surplus of 2.4 million tonnes for the whole season.
Ukraine has also exported 1.07 million tonnes of soy beans so far, and this season's exports could total 1.64 million tonnes. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Susan Fenton)