Strong increase in rapeseed imports in 2015/16: report
In Germany, the German Federal Statistical Office reports significant increases in rapeseed imports in 2015/16, which reached a record peak at 5.4 million tonnes, according to UFOP.
In the 2015/16 marketing year, the oil mill industry imported 5.4 million tonnes of rapeseed. This was up just over 14 per cent from a year earlier and the highest quantity ever. Traditionally, the largest quantity came from the EU-28, although their share decreased considerably to 86 per cent. The main EU supplier, France, supplied 1.7 million tonnes, approximately 12 percent more than the previous year. In addition, German imports of non-EU rapeseed via the Netherlands rose to just under 672,500 tonnes. According to information published by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH, this quantity translates to a record high and double the 2014/15 figure. The largest third-country supplier, Australia, was overall third most important supplier despite substantial growth in exports to an all-time high of 636,000 tonnes.
Category: Fuels
