The temporary shortage of sunflower oil has been resolved a good year after the start of the Ukraine war. According to the oilseed processing industry in Germany (Ovid), the supply of edible oils has normalized despite the ongoing conflict. “Ukrainian exports of sunflower seeds, sunflower oil and rapeseed have almost reached pre-war levels again and are also arriving in Germany,” said an Ovid spokesman in Berlin.
Before the war, Ukraine was the world’s largest exporter. After farmers in Germany doubled their acreage last summer in the hope of high producer prices, the German Farmers’ Association assumes that fewer sunflowers will be cultivated in Germany again this year.