ODESSA, Nov. 17 - The export of sunflower seeds in the current marketing year (September 2006 to August 2007) could be 150,000 tons, a 31.8% fall year-on-year, according to an expert from APK-Inform Company, Valeriy Lystopad.

He was speaking at the fifth international conference on the vegetable oil and fat sector in 2006, which is taking place in Odessa on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17.