Tonnage of German rapeseed imports unchanged from previous year, Australian share nearly doubles

While the pace of German rapeseed imports from Canada has slowed down since January, imports of Australian rapeseed have increased markedly.

According to information published by the German Federal Statistical Office, Germany imported around 3.7 million metric tons of rapeseed from July to February.

Despite a significantly larger domestic harvest, this was almost the same amount as in the same period a year earlier.

Australia provided around 777,730 tons, which was nearly twice the previous year’s amount.

Deliveries from Canada rose less sharply, because they did not start until September.

They increased 11 percent on the year-earlier period to around 47,000 tons, with the pace of imports slowing down significantly recently.

Imports from Ukraine grew 8 percent to 638,800 tons despite the challenges and dangers associated with the war.

Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (mbH) has pointed out that this volume still falls short of the long-term average of 730,500 tons.

Deliveries from Poland surged around 23 percent to 307,700 tons.

This was due to a 14 percent harvest increase and, above all, the enormous volumes of Ukrainian rapeseed stored in Polish warehouses.

From July to April, Poland received around 1.42 million tons of rapeseed from its neighboring country, close to 10 times the previous year’s volume of 160,000 tons.

At 232,600 tons, Romania delivered just under 26 percent less due to an 18 percent harvest decline.

Based on a 36 percent rapeseed-harvest increase, France significantly expanded its share in German rapeseed imports.

The country delivered around 601,000 tons, one third more than in the year-earlier period.