It took Ukraine 11 seasons to break the record for rapeseed exports.

According to Inform Agency „APK-Inform“, due to a good harvest, export of oilseed from the country in 2019/2020 amounted to a record 2,89 million tons, which is 18% higher than last season indicator and 10% higher than the previous maximum reached in 2008/2009 (2,64 million tons).

„The main volumes of rapeseed were bought by EU countries - 95% of the  total export volume compared to 88,5% last season, faced to an acute shortage of oilseed due to crop failure,“ said APC-Inform analyst Iulia Ivanytska.

She clarified that natural supplies of Ukrainian rapeseed to the EU countries increased by 26% compared to the previous season, amounting to 2,74 million tons. In particular, shipments increased to Germany (+26%), Belgium (+12%), the Netherlands (+ 2,6 times), France (+ 19%), and Poland (+ 36%).

Among non-European countries, the leader was Turkey, which in October 2019 imported an unprecedented 60 thousand tons of Ukrainian rapeseed and was in the sixth place in the rating.

Reference source:   UKRINFORM