sunflower oil mill new technology in south africa

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • How has the South African sunflower industry changed over the past two years?
  • Over the past two decades, the South African sunflower industry has been characterised by volatile production levels with virtually no real growth while domestic demand for oilcake and vegetable oil has increased by approximately 40%. The imports of seed, oil and cake have gradually been increasing to meet the rising domestic demand levels.
  • How much sunflower seed oil is produced in South Africa?
  • Over the past three years South Africa produced around 300 000 tons of sunflower seed oil (SAGIS, 2011). According to a report on the Manufacturing of Oil and Animal Fat in South Africa by Who Owns Whom (Pty) Ltd the current processing capacity for sunflower seed is 1 442 000 ? 1 522 000 ton.
  • How much does sunflower cooking oil cost in South Africa?
  • ?3.42 South African exporters are able to provide 2 liter bottles of sunflower cooking oil at a FOB price of US$ 2.08 per 2 litre bottle (Alibaba, 2011). If an exchange rate of ?1 = US$ 1.64781 (4 May 2011), then the FOB price of one 2 liter bottle of oil will be ?1.27.
  • What is South Africa's sunflower seed used for?
  • Nearly all of South Africa’s sunflower seed are processed into sunflower seed oil and sunflower seed oilcake for human and animal consumption. A very small amount of South Africa’s sunflower seed are exported to neighbouring countries.