Kazakhstan’s export revenue from sunflower husk pellets reached $3.4 million in January–September 2026, 6.15 times the figure for the same period last year. Exports totalled 63,200 tonnes, up 3.56 times year on year.
Europe remains the main market. Poland accounted for about 98% of Kazakhstan’s exports in 2025. Polish thermal power plants use the pellets as biofuel to generate energy. A single large plant may need up to 30,000 tonnes a month.
Sunflower husk is produced when seeds are processed at oil mills. Some medium-sized and large plants use it in their own boilers to produce process steam, while surplus husk is turned into fuel pellets, said Yadykar Ibragimov, chair of the board of the National Association of Oilseed Processors.
