TENDENCIES AND PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET OF SUNFLOWER AND SUNFLOWER OIL IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Issue № 2, 2017, article № 6, pages 39-49

Section: Agrofood market

Language: Russian

Original language title: ТЕНДЕНЦИИ И ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ РЫНКА ПОДСОЛНЕЧНИКА И ПОДСОЛНЕЧНОГО МАСЛА В РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

Keywords: OIL AND FAT PRODUCTS, FAT-AND-OIL PRODUCTS MARKET, SUNFLOWER, SUNFLOWER MARKET

Abstract: The article reviews sunflower oilseeds and sunflower oil markets as part of fats and oil market. In article the market of sunflower oil and sunflower oil as a component of the market of fat-and-oil products is considered. The condition of production of sunflower seeds and sunflower oil in Russia and in the world, and also their average annual prices is analyzed. The main producers of sunflower are the agricultural organizations and peasant farms. In the main regions of production of sunflower the saturation its crops exceeds all agronomical norms that leads to violation of crop rotations and infection of the sunflower. In all regions disproportions between a source of raw materials and presence of capacities for processing are observed. The increased competition between processing enterprises for raw materials and sharp increase in prices for sunflower in the seeds market, the growth of consumer prices and the growth of the export prices in a rouble equivalent in the market of sunflower oil have led to deterioration of the situation of processors who have appeared in price scissors and work at a side of the minimum profitability. The question of competitiveness of domestic sunflower oil in the world market is raised with a steady growth of costs of production of 1 t of sunflower in the country. The situation which has developed in the market has aggravated problems of the choice of the directions of the state support of certain spheres of an oil and fat sub complex, participants and stages of his merchandising, including export.

Authors: Osipov Andrei Nikolaevich, Prolygina Nina Alekseevna, Silko Elena Anatolevna