Active import of Belarusian potato starch forced Ukrainian producers to export to China

This was reported by east-fruit.com. "Only for the period from September 2020 to January 2021, Ukraine was able to export almost 1.1 thousand tons of potato starch, while in previous seasons, exports for the entire marketing year ranged from 100 to 400 tons. Meanwhile, imports in the first 5 months of this season reached only 700 tons, which is also a record low for this period for at least the last 5 marketing years, "- said in a statement. The key and almost the only market for Ukrainian potato starch abroad this season was China, which imported about 95% of all Ukrainian exports and has already set a new record for imports from Ukraine. From September 2020 to January 2021 alone, more than a thousand tons of Ukrainian products were sent to China. "On the one hand, Ukraine has really managed to make a real breakthrough in the Chinese potato starch market over the past few seasons, and we can already say that China is becoming the main export destination for the Ukrainian ...