Russia exports record volume of sunflower oil to UAE
Over the first nine months of 2026, shipments increased 18-fold in volume terms
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Russia exported around 27,000 tonnes of sunflower oil to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), worth over US$38 million, between January and September 2026. The volume of exports was the highest on record. This was reported by the federal centre Agroexport, a partner of TV BRICS.
According to experts, compared with the same period last year, the volume of exports increased 18-fold by weight and 21-fold in monetary terms. It is noted that in the first nine months of this year, Russia exported more sunflower oil to the UAE than in any other full year in history.
The previous record was set in 2021. At that time, Russia supplied 18,400 tonnes of sunflower oil to the UAE, worth US$24.6 million.
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