Sunflower Doc

The estimated sunflower seed export for 2009-10 from Argentina was 55000 tonnes while for sunflower meal it stood at 600000 tons and for sunflower oil at 800000 tons. There is export tax of 32% on export of seed from Argentina while it is 30% for sunflower oil and meal.
Russian exports for 2009-10 for sunflower meal is estimated at 900000 tons while for oil it is 600000 tons and for seed 50000 tons. Kazakhstan is the major buyer for Russian sunflower seeds while Italy, Turkey, Spain, Latvia, Cyprus, Egypt and Morocco are major importers of its meal. Turkey, Kazakhstan, Egypt & India are the major buyers of sunflower oil of Russia. The export duty on sunflowerseeds is 20 percent of customs value, but not less than 30 Euros per metric ton while export meal & oil is duty free.