China will import more sunflower oil and meal from Ukraine

China will import more sunflower oil and meal from Ukraine, under a deal signed Tuesday in Shanghai by Chinese state company CCEC and Ukraine’s State Food and Grain Corporation. Sunflower oil is used largely for frying food. Sunflower meal, the residue of crushed seeds, is rich in protein and dietary fiber. It typically is used as an animal feed. In the recently completed marketing year, Ukraine, the world’s largest sunflower oil exporter, sent to China 9% of its oil exports and 4% of its meal exports, Reuters reports.