Ukraine: In 2017 – 2018 the export of rapeseed will reach 1.75 mln.tonnes

According the last forecast of APK- Inform, in 2017 – 2018 the export of rapeseed from Ukraine will reach 1.75 mln. tonnes at 1.03 mln. tonnes in 2016 – 2017.

The result will be the highest for the last three years.
The estimate is upward from the previous forecast by 100,000 tonnes due to better-than-expected yields. The indicator now reaches 2.74 tonnes / ha, which is 5% more than the previous year.
Rapeseed crop will be 2.1 million tonnes (+ 77%) and the processing of the culture in the country is reduced from 400,000 tonnes to 300,000 tonnes, which is 89% more than 2016-2017.