Every Ukrainian consumes 6 kilograms of palm oil a year

Every year, Ukraine imports 200-250 million tons of palm oil, worth several hundred million dollars. Over the past year, imports of this product again increased by 30%. All this is happening despite the fact that exports of Ukrainian products are falling. This was reported by Time-Action, writes agronews.ua. In 2020, 240 million tons of palm oil and its fractions were imported to Ukraine. So, roughly speaking, every Ukrainian has at least 6 kg of palm oil a year. The initiator of the bill banning the use of palm oil in food products, Dmytro Solomchuk, a People's Deputy of Ukraine, said that if all these 240,000 tons of palm oil are packaged in wagons, almost 3,500 wagons will be produced. And this rolling stock is almost 90 km long. "1 car holds 70 tons. So, if you pack 240 thousand tons of palm oil in cars - you will get almost 3,500 cars. One car is 25 meters. That is, the content will be almost 90 km long. It's about the same as from Kyiv to Yahotyn, or from Kyiv to Bila ...