In January-August Ukrainian seaports processed 2.96 million tons of bulk vegetable oils, up by 20.2% YoY. The export volumes totaled 2.75 million tons of veg oils (up by 19.2%), the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority informed.
In particular, state stevedoring companies processed 83.46 thousand tons of vegetable oils at the berths of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (up by 22.2% YoY), private stevedoring companies processed 2.37 million tons (up by 27.3%), stevedoring companies at their own berths – 497.37 thousand tons (down by 5.6%).
According to the announcement, Mykolaiv Sea Trade Port shipped 1.23 million tons of veg oils, up by 82% YoY. The Sea Commercial Port of Ilyichivsk shipped 823.03 thousand tons of veg oils (down by 26.1%), Sea Commercial Port of Yuzhnyi – 688.06 thousand tons (up by 23.4%), Odessa Sea Commercial Port – 95.6 thousand tons (up by 100.3%), Izmail Port – 50.06 thousand tons (up by 165%), Mariupol Port – 33.4 thousand tons (down by 32.4%), and Kherson Port – 38.67 thousand tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)