The Egyptian state buyer GASC purchased 21.5 KMT of sunflower oil and 20 KMT soybean oil in a tender held on August 8, 2018, reports UkrAgroConsult.
According to market participants, the sunflower oil was bought from Aston (11.5 KMT at a price of USD 760.93/MT) and from ADM (10 KMT at a price of USD 760.94/MT). The soybean oil was bought from Alex Seeds Co (10 KMT at a price of USD 678.54/MT) and Cargill (10 KMT at a price of EGP 12300/MT, USD 687.54/MT).
The delivery period is September 15-30, 2018.
Palm oil imports to Russia totaled 77.2 KMT in May 2018, or 13.2% more than in the previous month and up 29.3% from May 2017.
The Ukrainian rapeseed market has entered the new 2018/19 marketing year. Have all the expectations of 2017/18 come true? Running ahead of the story, it is safe to say that the past season was generally successful.