Russia increased sunflower oil exports by 35% in two months

In January - February of this year, supplies of Russian sunflower oil abroad increased by 35 percent from the same period last year - to 881 thousand tons. Pol.rf writes about this with reference to data from the Fat and Oil Union of Russia. In specific figures, this is 221 thousand more. In February, exports were slightly higher than in January – 447.8 thousand tons versus 433.6. Over the past year, 367.7 and 292.6 thousand were sold, respectively. That is, the trend towards a decrease in supplies has been replaced by an increase, which indicates an increase in demand for these products. The import structure has also changed. While China was the largest buyer in the first two months of last year, it has now been replaced by India with 309,000 tons. The former leader fell seriously behind, purchasing only 167,100. This is also 21,500 tons lower year on year. Third place went to Egypt, which increased imports over the year from 45.9 to 87.7 thousand tons. Read ...