Latest data released by State Statistics Service of Ukraine shows as of Dec. 1, 2017, the sunflower seed inventory in Ukraine is about 6.7372million ton, 11.5% less than the 7.6085 million ton in the previous year. 

The sunflower seed inventory in farms is about 3.6044 million ton, 571,300t or 13.7% less than that in the previous year; inventory in warehouse sand processing companies is about 3.1328 million ton, 300,000t or 8.7 lower.

As of Dec. 1, inventory of soybean is about 1.1369 million ton, 0.8% higher than the 1.1274 million ton in previous year. Rape seed inventory is 232,000t, increasing 81.5% than the number 127,700t last year.