Tomsk region in Russia exported almost $50 million worth of rapeseed oil in 2023

Last year, agricultural exports from the Tomsk region as a whole reached 139.7 thousand tons and a value of $97.8 million - 20.4% more than in 2022. In 2023, oil and fat products worth $47.79 million were supplied from the Tomsk region to the foreign market - 1.4 times more than in 2022. Exports of rapeseed oil by value increased from 32.3 to 40.9 million dollars, which is 41.8% of all exports of the Tomsk agro-industrial complex. “The competitive advantage of the region is the launch in 2019 of a modern rapeseed processing plant by the Sibirskaya Oliva company. In terms of technological level, the enterprise has no analogues in Russia and actually produces two types of products. This is rapeseed oil, the main consumer of which is China, and rapeseed cake,” said Evgenia Bulkina, head of the Department for Social and Economic Development of Villages in the Tomsk Region. As for meat products - pork and poultry - Tomsk producers not only meet regional needs by 150%, but also actively ...