Moldova Ranks Third Among the EU’s Largest Rapeseed Suppliers

Moldova is among the top three exporters of rapeseed to the European Union

At the start of the current marketing year, Moldova supplied 137,980 tonnes of rapeseed to the European Union and ranked third among the largest exporters of this crop to the European market. Ukraine retained its leading position amongst suppliers, although exports of Ukrainian rapeseed to the EU fell by almost 15 per cent compared with the figure for the same period last year.

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According to data from the European Commission, between 1 July and 8 November, Ukraine exported 703.09 thousand tonnes of rapeseed to EU countries, which is 14.63% less than the figure for the same period last season (823.57 thousand tonnes). This is reported by the news agency ‘APK-Inform ’.

Despite the decline in shipments, Ukraine remains the largest supplier of rapeseed to the European Union. Its share of total imports fell from 58.71 per cent to 50.88 per cent. Australia ranks second with exports of 185.12 thousand tonnes (13.40 per cent), whilst Moldova holds third place, having exported 137.98 thousand tonnes of rapeseed, accounting for 9.98 per cent of total EU imports. Canada follows with 126.45 thousand tonnes (9.15 per cent), having increased its exports sixfold compared with the previous season.

Overall, rapeseed imports into the European Union for the first 19 weeks of the season totalled 1.38 million tonnes, which is 1.49 per cent less than a year earlier (1.40 million tonnes). Furthermore, the current figure remains 39.91 per cent below the level of the 2024/25 season, when EU countries imported around 2.3 million tonnes of rapeseed.

This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.

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