EU Import of Vegetable Oils Down in 2018

Data from Oil World show the EU imported 12.113 million MT of vegetable oils and fats in calendar year 2018, slightly down by 2.7% from same period year-ago at 12.450 million MT. Palm oil was the leading import accounting for nearly two-thirds (63.2%) at 7.658 million MT (7.797 million MT year-earlier), followed by sunflower oil with share at 13.2% at 1,597 MT (1.972 million MT).  Completing the top five imports were palm kernel oil at 711,000 MT (774,000 MT), coconut oil at 610,000 MT (510,000 MT) and soybean oil at 328,000 MT (277,000 MT) with respective market share at 5.9%, 5.0%, and 2.7%.  
Other vegetable oils/fats imported during the year were, in 1,000 MT:  rapeseed oil 266 (180), fish oil 222 (187), olive oil 210 (123), castor oil 189 (178), tallow & grease 144 (155) and Others oils/fats 178 (297).  Together they comprised 10% of total imports.