The USDA raised its forecast for the harvest of sunflower in Ukraine.
In the United States raised the forecast harvest of sunflower 1 million tonnes.
Ukraine is the world leader in the manufacture and export of sunflower oil.
The USDA raised its forecast in October of sunflower production in Ukraine in 2015 by 1 million tons to 11 million tons compared with the September forecast.
According to a report on the website of the US authorities, the assessment of production of sunflower oil in the 2015/2016 MY (marketing year, September-August) also increased by 9.5% to 4.578 million tons, export – by 8%, to 4 million tons.
Production of sunflower oil could reach 4.55 million tonnes in September against the expected 4.179 million tonnes, its exports – 4 million tons (forecast in September – 3.7 million tons).
As reported, citing data from the State Statistics Service, last year the sunflower harvest was 10.1 million tonnes, which is 7.7% less than in 2013.
