In January-August the import of palm oil in Russia increased by 23.8%
In August, the volume of imports amounted to 102 thousand tons, which is 1.6 times more than in August last year, and 45.8% more than in July 2018.
Import of coconut, palm kernel or babassu oil and their fractions to Russia in January-August this year decreased by 0.1% to 50.2 thousand tons. In August 2018, the import of these products amounted to 9.8 thousand tons, which is 3.3 times more than in August 2017 and 2.9 times more than in July this year.
Imports of sunflower, safflower, cotton oil and their fractions for eight months increased by 27.8% up to 18.1 thousand tons. Deliveries of products in August this year amounted to 1 thousand tons, which is 59.7% lower than in August last year and 49.4% less than in July 2018.
According to Rosstat, the import of palm oil and its fractions in Russia in 2017 increased by 0.7% compared to 2016 year up to 891 thousand tons. In July 2018, amendments to the technical regulations on the safety of milk and dairy products came into force. Now manufacturers of dairy products are required to specify information about the presence of vegetable oils in milk-containing products with a milk fat substitute.
In addition, the Ministry of industry and trade of the Russian Federation have prepared a draft resolution, which contains proposals to place milk-containing products with milk fat substitutes in stores separately from dairy products, which do not contain such substitutes.
Source: 1prime.ru
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