Ukraine has managed to make a real breakthrough in the Chinese potato starch market

Meanwhile, imports of potato starch in Ukraine have fallen sharply, and the country's trade balance may reach positive levels for the first time in at least the last five years. Only for the period from September 2020 to January 2021, Ukraine was able to export almost 1.1 thousand tons of potato starch, while in previous seasons, exports for the entire marketing year ranged from 100 to 400 tons. Meanwhile, imports in the first five months of this season reached only 700 tons, which is also a record low for this period for at least the last five marketing years. The key and almost the only market for Ukrainian potato starch abroad this season was China, which imported about 95% of all Ukrainian exports and has already set a new record for imports from Ukraine. From September 2020 to January 2021 alone, more than 1,000 tons of Ukrainian products were shipped to China. "But in fact, behind the scenes of Ukrainian starch exports to China, there is a hidden problem - Ukrainian ...