10t sunflower fruit oil line in south africa

   
10t sunflower fruit oil line in south africa
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • 10t sunflower fruit oil line in south africa
  • What is sunflower used for in South Africa?
  • In South Africa sunflower is well adapted in both hot and dry climate. The seed can be consumed after the hull has been removed as a snack or used for production of different oils. Most of the seed produced is marketed locally to expressers, animal feed manufacturers and for seed.
  • 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 ¨C 1 522 000 ton.
  • Which companies crush sunflower seed in South Africa?
  • In South Africa, the main crushers of sunflower seed are Nola Industries, Epic and Epko. Pressing plants with relatively smaller crushing capacity in the country are Sealake Industries, Elangeni Oil & cake Mills and Capital Oil Mills.
  • Is sunflower oil a trade?
  • The annual growth in the value of the worlds sunflower oil exports were 22% annually since 2006. As the annual growth in the quantity exported is – 8% over the last 4 years, the growth in value (22%) is much higher than the growth in quantity. This mean that less sunflower seed oil is trade, but the value of exports are higher.