USDA: Oilseed crop forecast for the Black Sea region decreased

16 September, 2019 at 15:09

In the September report, USDA decreased its 2019/20 oilseed crop estimate for the Black Sea region by 0.4 MMT, to 46.098 MMT: sunflower seed down 0.1 MMT, rapeseed down 0.1 MMT, soybeans down 0.2 MMT.

The soybean and rapeseed crop projections were reduced due to downward adjustments in the respective estimates for Ukraine, while Kazakhstan accounted for the cut in the sunflower seed forecast, reports UkrAgroConsult.

USDA: Oilseed production estimates for Black Sea and CIS countries, KMT

 

Sunseed

Soybeans

Rapeseed

2019/20

September

2019/20

August

2019/20

September

2019/20

August

2019/20

September

2019/20

August

Ukraine

15 500

15 500

3 600

3 800

3 100

3 200

Russia

13 000

13 000

4 300

4 300

2 100

2 100

Kazakhstan

800

900

-

-

320

320

Moldova

900

900

-

-

50

50

Turkey

1 750

1 750

100

100

88

88

Belarus

-

-

-

-

490

490

Total

31 950

32 050

8 000

8 200

6148

6248