The EU has reduced imports of sunflower oil since the beginning of the season

Since the beginning of 2020/21 MY, the European Union has imported 814.23 thousand tons of sunflower oil, which is 14% less than the same period last season. This is evidenced by the data of the European Commission report, writes Latifundist.com. The supply of rapeseed oil decreased by 10% to 145.94 thousand tons. Imports of palm oil increased by 8% to 2.875 million tons, and soybean oil remained practically unchanged and amounted to 253.24 thousand tons. The total supplies of vegetable oils to the EU increased by 2% - up to 4.089 million tons. The main importer of sunflower oil to the EU countries is still Ukraine with a share of 88.2% of the total supplies (718.3 thousand tons). The European Union also purchased sunflower oil from such countries: Ukraine also remains the leading supplier of soybean oil to the EU - 39% (98.85 thousand tons). Soybean oil was also supplied to the EU from Russia (38.77 thousand tons), Norway (36.83 thousand tons), Paraguay (36 thousand tons) and ...