KIEV, April 12 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reduced its forecast for sunflower oil exports from Ukraine in the current agricultural year (September 2011 to August 2012) by 6.5% compared to its January forecast - to 2.9 million tons.

The USDA Web site says the share of Ukrainian oil in international exports in the current agricultural year will be 49.3%, compared to 58% in the previous agricultural year.