According to experts, if currently about 60% of raw material for biofuel production in the EU is provided by rapeseed oil, to 2030/31 MG demand of the biofuel industry for vegetable oils will fall to 9.1 million tons compared to 10.5 million tonnes in 2017/18 MG.

This trend, in turn, will lead to a reduction of production of rapeseed seeds from the same period from 22.3 million tonnes in 2017/18 MG to 20.7 million tons in sezone-2030/31. While the acreage under oilseeds will be reduced to 6.5 million hectares to 6 million hectares, which negates the growth of its productivity.

"The trend of substitution of rapeseed soybeans looks more obvious and will occur over the next 10 years, because the feed industry will be the main driver of priority of certain crops, while the future production of biofuels looks quite uncertain," reads the report.

According to experts, the volume of soybean production in the EU to 2030/31 MG can grow up to 3 million tons against 2.7 million tons in the current season, the import of oilseed and soybean meal will also increase.

As the demand for sunflower seeds and sunflower oil in the EU countries, it is, according to experts, in the next decade will also rise.

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