April 20 2004, 08:11

Exports of Ukrainian sunoil brand "Stozhar" started to Russia, Georgia and Uzbekistan

Prikolotnoye Oil Extraction Plant (Kharkov Region, east Ukraine) has started to export its sunflower oil brand "Stozhar" to Russia, Georgia and Uzbekistan. Negotiations are also being held about the start of exports to Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Germany.

In this marketing year the extraction plant has started to produce a sunoil of soft refining under the brand name "Stozhar". In this season it has processed 153,587 tonnes of sunflower seeds, which is 40.9 percent more than last year. The controlling stocks of the two crushing plants, located in Kharkov Region - Prikolotnoye and Volchansk Oil Extraction Plants are held by Kiev-based agroindustrial company Eurotech.