Belgospischeprom concern: Belarus is not threatened with a shortage of sunflower oil

Published Jun 6, 2022

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Belarus has sufficient sugar supply and has replaced Ukrainian salt with its own production, ensuring no shortage. The country also imports sunflower oil from Russia and experiences high demand for its rapeseed oil in Europe. The Belgospischeprom concern has seen a fourfold decrease in sugar sales, and salt production has increased with around-the-clock operation. Belarus continues to import sunflower oil and seeds from Russia, and is marketing its rapeseed oil to European buyers.

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There is enough sugar in Belarus, salt supplies from Ukraine have been replaced by our own production, sunflower oil is imported from Russia, so there is no danger of its shortage either, and Belarusian rapeseed oil is in high demand among buyers from Europe, Oleg Zhidkov, chairman of the Belgospischeprom concern, said on the STV channel . "Everything related to the measures taken, including taking into account the rise in the cost of sugar in stores. Let me remind you that such a measure was taken to bring down the rush demand, which was not always caused only by the cumulative desires of our consumers for the future, including speculative moments ... To date, we have seen a fourfold decrease in the volume of sugar sales. Today we see that the pace of sugar sales is still slowing down. This indicates that we have enough sugar in our country," Zhidkov said. According to him, the entire volume of salt produced in Ukraine, which is not available on the Belarusian market "due to ...

Source: Oilworld