Thus total supply of oilseeds in the season-2017/18 is estimated at 11 million tons (-9,7% compared to the 2016/17 MG).

Given these data, the Agency's analysts estimate the volume of sunflower oil production in Russia at the end of the season at 4.3 million tons (-8,7% compared to the 2016/17 MG), and the total production is 4.8 million tonnes (-6%).

Thus for 5 months of the season 2017/18 (September-January), the volume of sunflower oil production in Russia amounted to 2.1 million tonnes, which is 3% lower than the same period last MG.

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