Kyrgyzstan: oil refineries lack raw materials

Oil refineries in Kyrgyzstan have great difficulties with supplies of raw materials in required quantities, the State Committee of Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use reported. It is noted that the main strategic suppliers of the refineries are the companies from Russia and Kazakhstan. Oil supplies from Russia are unprofitable because the cost of raw materials…

Ukraine: rapeseed exports exceed crushing

Large and medium-sized crushers of Ukraine produced 2.5 KMT of rapeseed oil in December 2016 against 2 KMT in November 2016 and 7.2 KMT in December 2015. Rapeseed oil production at Ukraine’s large and medium-sized plants has amounted to 61.6 KMT since the beginning of the season 2016/2017, or down by 52% YoY. Analysts note…