Ukraine is among the world's largest exporters of sunflower oil / Photo from uk.wikipedia.org
Ukraine produced 4.4 million tonnes of crude sunflower oil in 2016, which was 20.2% up on 2015, according to the country's State Statistics Service.
In December 2016 alone, it produced 557,000 tonnes of sunflower oil, which was 5.3% up on the previous month and 47.8% up year-over-year.
However, production of margarine and edible fat shrank by 13.6% last year from 2015, to 184,000 tonnes, the statistics agency said.
Read alsoUkraine harvests record high yield of sunflower seedsYet, margarine and fat output in December 2016 was 6% up on November 2016 and 27.2% up on December 2015, totaling 20,200 tonnes.
The statistical report does not cover data from such temporarily occupied territory as the Crimean peninsula and the city of Sevastopol, and the zone in the east of Ukraine where the Anti-Terrorist Operation is under way.
Read alsoUkraine earns almost $12 bln from farm produce exports in 10 monthsAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine produced 3.5 million tonnes of crude sunflower oil in 2015, which was 17.3% down on 2014. Margarine and edible fat production was 212,000 tonnes in 2015, which was 214% down on 2014.
Ukraine is among the world's largest exporters of sunflower oil. In 2016, sunflower oil exports from Ukraine totaled 4.8 million tonnes, which was 23% up on 2015, the Ukroliyaprom Association reported.
Sunflower oil shipments abroad in monetary terms were estimated at US$4.8 billion against US$4.2 billion in 2015.