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This is the largest volume since 2011/12 season when 281,700 tonnes of Ukrainian sunseed was supplied to foreign markets, reports UkrAgroConsult.

The European Union and Turkey continue to be the main end markets for Ukrainian sunseed.

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Turkey also restores imports of sunseed from Ukraine. 43,000 tonnes of this commodity was shipped to Turkey from the country in the period under review, or two and a half times more than exported there for the whole last season (16,600 tonnes in MY 2015/16).