Russia may increase the export of linseed oil several times

In the past three years, the production of oilseed flax has been growing In the last three years, the production of oilseed flax in Russia has been increasing. In addition, our country is in first place in the world in terms of its export, and in second place in the export of raw linseed oil. Mikhail Maltsev, Executive Director of the Oil and Fat Union, told Agroexport about this. He believes that in the near future Russia will be able to increase the volume of supplies of linseed oil abroad by several times by reducing the export of flax oilseeds. According to the forecast of the union, in 2022 the oil flax harvest in Russia will be about 1.5 million tons, which is almost twice as much as last year. At the same time, the production of oil and meal has so far increased slightly. “Therefore, we mainly export oilseed flax as a raw material, but starting from 2018, we also started exporting oils, shipping abroad an average of 30,000 tons per year. Russia is among the top 3 world ...