As of October 1 of the current year, in Ukraine sunflower seed carry-over stocks totaled 5.2 mln tonnes, up 87% compared with the same date in 2013, declared the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
According to the statistics data, directly agricultural enterprises (except of small ones) stored 3.8 mln tonnes of the oilseed, up 2.1 times compared with October 1, 2013; but the enterprises engaged in processing and storage of sunflower seed – 2.4 mln tonnes (up 57%).