Ukraine. Early-October oilseed inventories higher than last year

According to current information of the State Statistics Service, sunseed stocks in Ukraine totaled 6736.3 KMT as of October 1, 2018 that is up 15.6% from the same date last year (5826.4 KMT). This included 3902,6 KMT held on farms (up 337.9 KMT, or 9.5% from October 1, 2017) and 2833.7 KMT at storage and processing facilities (up 572.1 KMT, or 25.3% on the year).

As of October 1, 2018, crusher soybean stocks were down 13% year-on-year at 642.6 KMT against 738.2 KMT on October 1, 2017. Rapeseed stocks as of the reporting date were higher than a year ago (517.4 KMT against 481 KMT, respectively) due to an earlier start of this year’s harvest.