Exports of vegetable-derived liquid products are on the rise through the Port of Paranaguá. In addition to soybean oil, which broke a new record in May, the increases in the volumes of other products, such as biodiesel, alcohol, corn oil, and even wild turnip oil, stand out. In total, adding these five liquid bulks, 757,733 tonnes were exported in the first five months of this year. The volume is about 31% higher than last year: 577,603 tonnes. There was no shipment of corn or turnip oil recorded in 2021. This year, however, from January to May, respectively, 8,200 and 1,502 tonnes were transported through the Paraná terminal. “Few people are aware of it, but forage turnip oil is utilized as a raw material alternative, for example, in the manufacturing of biodiesel, which is in great demand by companies in general,” explains the Director of Operations at Portos do Paraná, Luiz Teixeira da Silva Junior. The leading destination for this product from January to May was Mexico.
Source: Datamar News