Ukraine captures the market of another important product

Over the past few years, Ukraine has turned from a starch importer to an exporter. Within this period, a number of modern enterprises, equipped according to world standards, were built on the territory of the country, which process potatoes into starch, commented to AgroPortal.ua Sergey Lazar, director of one of the largest enterprises in this field, having two production sites. In addition to grain, Ukraine has already entered the European market with honey, frozen soft fruits and other goods that undercut the prices of local producers. "In 2012, we modernized production, installed new equipment and started producing very high-quality products. During this period, supplies of starch for export to Southeast Asia began, but they were small. We built the new plant in 2018, its capacity is 600,000 tons of potatoes per day," commented Sergey Lazar. However, due to market conditions, Ukrainian potato growers have actually stopped growing high-starch potatoes. The raw material base of ...