Oilseeds Market Weekly Report: Russia & Ukraine (02/10/2006 – 06/10/2006)

h2 class="text">Russian domestic market

Market of sunseeds saw bearish trend. Total offer of oilseeds was characterized by buyers as sufficient

Prices for unrefined sunflower oil continued decreasing on domestic market

In spite of sufficiently stable demand prices for sunmeal were negatively changed

Ukrainian domestic market

During last week sunflower seeds market kept bearish trend

Unrefined sunoil producers informed about low trading activity. Interest in purchasing of oil kept at minimal level. As a result prices continued decreasing on domestic market

As market of sunmeal saw more offers demand for this product reduced 

Export market situation (Russia + Ukraine)

Export market of unrefined sunflower oil in the ports of Russia kept earlier determined trends

There were no significant changes on export market of unrefined sunoil in the ports of Ukraine

Purchasing prices for sunseeds slightly decreased

Rape was highly demanded by exporters, level of purchasing prices was high

The situation was unchanged on the export market of sunmeal on DAF basis