The market for dairy products remains tense.

In brief: • Sunflower exports from Ukraine have plummeted drastically • Strategie Grains increased its forecast for rapeseed production in the EU, but lowered that for sunflower The European oilseed market enters the new agricultural season 2025/26 without clear prospects. From a market perspective, while waiting for the launch of duty-free exports for agricultural producers, sunflower exports from Ukraine fell sharply last week. "Deliveries of Ukrainian oilseeds to foreign markets have almost completely stopped and are unlikely to increase significantly in the near future due to serious difficulties in obtaining the necessary expert opinion from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry," commented local traders. After nearly two weeks, on October 30, the XXIII International Conference dedicated to the oilseed industry in 2025 will be held in Kyiv. The big question that will be addressed is where Ukrainian raw materials will be realized—for export or for domestic processing? ...