# Russia Increases February 2026 Export Duty on Sunflower Oil by 2.1%, Maintains Zero Duty on Sunflower Meal | Tridge Insights

> Russia's sunflower oil export duty will rise 2.1% to 9,495 rubles per tonne in February 2026, from 9,298.6 in January, and the sunflower meal duty stays at zero for a second month. The duty is 70% of the gap between fixed base prices and monthly indicative prices, under a mechanism extended to August 2028.

- Date: 2026-01-26 · published 2026-01-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Russia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12817-russia-increases-february-2026-export-duty-on-sunflower-oil-by-2-1-maintains
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher export duties on Russian sunflower oil raise its export cost and can support global sunflower oil prices. The unchanged zero meal duty keeps meal exports open.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-08-25 | [Russia Nearly Doubles September Export Duty on Sunflower Oil and Significantly Raises Duty on Sunflower Meal \| Tridge Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12894-russia-nearly-doubles-september-export-duty-on-sunflower-oil-and-significantly.md) | +1.8% | +3.5% |
| SBO | 2026-08-26 | [Russia Doubles Export Duties on Sunflower Oil and Meal Amid Declining Shipments \| Tridge Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12893-russia-doubles-export-duties-on-sunflower-oil-and-meal-amid-declining-shipments.md) | +9.2% | +3.7% |
| SBO | 2026-01-27 | [Russia’s sunflower oil export duty will rise in February](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12815-russia-s-sunflower-oil-export-duty-will-rise-in-february.md) | -0.9% | +7.7% |
| SBO | 2025-01-07 | [Duty on Russian sunflower oil exports to increase 1.7 times \| GrainProTrade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26628-duty-on-russian-sunflower-oil-exports-to-increase-1-7-times-grainprotrade.md) | +10.8% | +13.6% |
| SBO | 2026-06-26 | [Russian export duty on sunflower oil to rise 2.5-fold in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12621-russian-export-duty-on-sunflower-oil-to-rise-2-5-fold-in-july.md) | -3.1% | +5.4% |

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLf2Ap8xN5P7GSWymuLgLiuM

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