Rapeseed meal from Russia?

Published Oct 6, 2023

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The import of rapeseed meal from eastern countries such as Belarus and Russia has significantly increased in recent months, affecting the market in Poland. Imports from Belarus alone have increased by 909%, with suspicions that a significant portion comes from Russia. The Ministry of Agriculture is monitoring the situation and will take action if necessary.

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We would like to remind you that in recent months the import of rapeseed meal from eastern directions has increased significantly, which affects our market. How to fight it? Import of rapeseed meal - This concerns the import of rapeseed meal from countries such as Belarus and Russia. In this respect, we have a huge increase compared to the previous season, which was already record-breaking. This meal goes to Europe, directly to Poland, in very large quantities from Belarus, as Belarusian and from Lithuania, as Lithuanian and Belarusian. Although we have reasonable suspicions that a significant part of this raw material is of Russian origin, said farmer.pl Adam Stępień, director general of the Polish Association of Oil Producers and the National Chamber of Biofuels. PSPO provided specific data and asked the Ministry of Agriculture to intervene. They reported that during the entire 2022/2023 season, imports from Belarus amounted to 64,697 tons of rapeseed meal compared to 7,115 tons ...

Source: Farmer.pl