In 2017/18 MG in Spain, the harvest of oilseeds will decrease to 0.8 million tonnes as against 1.02 mln tonnes in the last season, what will be the minimum rate in the last 5 years.

As specified, temperature in may-June in some regions of the country were the highest in the last 50 years, whereas the amount of precipitation is minimal.

So, the gross harvest of rape seed, cleaning, which in Spain has already begun, is projected by analysts at the level of 0.16 million tons compared to 0.23 million tonnes in 2016 due to very low yields of harvested oilseeds.

The sunflower seed production may decline more significantly – up to 570 thousand tons compared to 713 million tons in the last season, which is twice lower than in the 2013/14 my (1.04 million tons) and is the lowest result in 12 years. Cleaning of olives in the near future will begin in some regions of Andalusia.

Thus, the dependence on import of oilseeds and their products in Spain in 2017/18 MG will increase substantially.

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