Ukraine broke the 10-year-old record for the export of flax seeds
Ukraine broke the 10-year-old record for the export of flax seeds. According to official data , in January this year Ukraine exported 12.3 thousand . Tons of seed flax , which is 55 % more than in December 2016 ( 8 th. Tons ) , by 3.8 times the results in January 2016 ( 3.3 ths . Tons) and was the highest monthly index for the last 10 years. In January of this year marked increase in exports Ukrainian oilseed all major purchasing countries , with the most significant increase in shipments was the Turkish market ( 2.9 thousand . tonnes against 88 tonnes a month earlier and 42 tons in January 2016) , which eventually took 2nd place ranking . The first place has traditionally remained for Vietnam ( 6.1 thousand tons . 5.3 thousand tons . 2.2 tons . ) . In total for 5 months of the season-2016/17 (September-January), Ukraine exported 33.8 thousand. Tonnes of flax seed, which is 50% higher than the results of the same period