Ukraine sunseed, rapeseed harvest rises in 2019

KIEV, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Sunflower harvest in Ukraine, the world's biggest sunflower oil exporter, rose by 7.7 percent to 15.3 million tonnes in 2019, the state statistics service said on Friday.

Ukraine has increased its sunoil exports by around 60% so far in the September 2019 to August 2020 season, to 1.96 million tonnes. It exported 6.063 million tonnes in the 2018/19 season, according to the Ukrainian sunoil producers' association.

The service also said Ukrainian rapeseed output rose by more than 20 percent to 3.3 million tonnes in 2019. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; editing by David Evans)

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