Rapeseed oil stolen from Ukraine is being sold to Europe

Published 2025년 2월 19일

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In 2023, Belarusian company Agroproduct imported nearly 5,000 tons of rapeseed from the temporarily occupied Kherson region of Ukraine. This rapeseed was used to produce rapeseed oil, which was then exported to the European Union, with the main buyers being Latvia and Lithuania. Despite the company's ownership being linked to the Belarusian authorities, which have been sanctioned by Ukraine, Agroproduct itself is not on any sanctions lists. The company has confirmed cooperation with Latvian and Lithuanian logistics companies. The occupation of Ukrainian territories by Russia has led to the looting of farm properties and agricultural assets.

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Belarusian Agroproduct uses rapeseed oil exported from temporarily occupied areas of the Kherson region. Radio Svoboda writes about this. In 2023, almost 5 thousand tons of rapeseed were exported from the occupied part of the Kherson region to Belarus. The recipients of Ukrainian rapeseed were five companies, including Agroproduct, one of the largest producers of rapeseed oil exported to the European Union. Over the past six months of last year, EU countries bought 90 thousand tons of rapeseed oil from Belarus for 67 million euros. The main buyers were Latvia and Lithuania. These countries received approximately 50 thousand tons of rapeseed oil from Agroproduct for the entire year of 2024. It is known that the co-founder of the enterprise is the company Transit-Avto 2003, which is associated with the Belarusian authorities. The latter was placed under Ukrainian sanctions in 2023 due to its assistance to the Russian army in transporting troops. Agroproduct itself is not on the ...

Source: Agropolit