The Oryol region in Russia has exported 2,000 tons of sunflower oil to China, marking the first shipment of this product to the country. The export was overseen by the Rosselkhoznadzor Department and the shipment met all of China's import requirements, as confirmed by laboratory tests. The Rosselkhoznadzor Department issued phytosanitary certificates for the export consignments of Oryol sunflower oil. Prior to this, the region had only exported rapeseed oil to China, with total shipments exceeding 35,000 tons since the start of the year.