During this period, Germany exported around 1.5 million tonnes of rapeseed meal.
According to information published by the German Federal Statistical Office, this was up about 24% year on year and the largest tonnage in five years.
The Netherlands was the main recipient, taking 686,000 tonnes, which was up 19%.
Spain was the second largest importer with imports amounting to around 198,000 tonnes (up 33%). Finland's imports remained at the previous year's level of 151,000 tonnes. Exports to France even doubled to 129,000 tonnes.

According to research by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaf, the surge was due to the small rapeseed harvest last year and the resulting lower utilisation of oil mill capacities.
The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen stated that in terms of processing capacity (about 9 million tonnes) Germany was the primary producer and supplier of GM-free rapeseed meal within the EU 27.