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Almost a third of Ukrainian oil extraction plants have shut down due to power outages and shelling, while port operations are limited. Russian sunflower oil FOB prices rose $40-50 to $1,280-1,290/t, and Ukrainian oil to ports rose $30 to $1,270-1,280/t.
Malaysian palm oil and CME soybean oil also gained on the week.
Reduced Ukrainian oil supply lifts global vegetable oil prices, supporting palm and soybean oil. Uncertainty over US biofuel volumes for 2026-27 is a downside risk.
agronews.uanewsJan 22, 2026After 110 past bullish geopolitics events, Soybean Oil moved a median +1.8% over 5 sessions (65% higher; middle half -0.7% to +3.6%), and -0.4% over 20.
After 62 past bullish geopolitics events, Palm Oil moved a median +2.5% over 5 sessions (74% higher; middle half -0.1% to +5.8%), and +4.0% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Roughly a third of Ukrainian extraction plants being offline and port operations being limited imply lower meal output and tighter supply in the days before the move.
