Spain: Rapeseed production falls by 35% after the boost in 2022 as an alternative to sunflower

Published 2023년 11월 18일

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The 2023 rapeseed harvest is projected to see a significant decrease in production, with a 34.6% drop compared to the previous campaign. The drop in production is attributed to lower prices and the war in Ukraine, which led to rapeseed oil being used as an alternative to sunflower oil. The decline in production and prices has made rapeseed mainly destined for export, as the Spanish market still remembers the 1981 poisoning incident caused by adulterated rapeseed oil.

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The latest data for the 2023 rapeseed harvest project a 34.6% drop in production compared to the last campaign, when its price at origin experienced a boost as it became an alternative to sunflower oil, which suffered distortions due to the war in Ukraine. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), production in the 2023 campaign will remain at 174,700 tons. Its destination will be mainly for export, according to experts, since in Spain the market continues to penalize the event that took place in 1981, when thousands of people suffered massive poisoning as a result of intoxication derived from the consumption of rapeseed oil adulterated with aniline. . The latest statistical bulletin from the Department of Agriculture details that the production of this year's campaign represents a decrease of 14.2% in relation to the average of the historical series. In comparison, production in 2022 reached 267,200 tons, 47.6% more than the average of the ...

Source: PEefeagro