# Sea blockade cut Ukrainian vegetable oil exports in half – Ukroliyaprom

> Ukroliyaprom says Ukraine is exporting about 300,000 tons of vegetable oil per month because sea exports are suspended, about half the prior volume. Difficulties exporting finished oil have caused a collapse in sunflower seed purchase prices. The association expects logistics bottlenecks to ease in two to three weeks.

- Date: 2026-08-25 · published 2026-08-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Ukraine · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12899-sea-blockade-cut-ukrainian-vegetable-oil-exports-in-half-ukroliyaprom
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Halved Ukrainian oil exports tighten world vegetable oil supply, which supports international oil prices. Surplus oil at home is pushing down domestic seed prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-01-01 | [Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports cause drop in food exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14155-russian-attacks-on-ukrainian-ports-cause-drop-in-food-exports.md) | +0.3% | +8.0% |
| SBO | 2022-02-24 | [Factbox: Russia’s Ukraine invasion seen disrupting vegetable oil, grain trade flows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14511-factbox-russia-s-ukraine-invasion-seen-disrupting-vegetable-oil-grain-trade.md) | +5.0% | +0.9% |
| SBO | 2022-07-07 | [Ukraine exported a record amount of sunflower, but will cut production in half in the new season 07.07.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40603-ukraine-exported-a-record-amount-of-sunflower-but-will-cut-production-in-half.md) | -1.5% | +0.6% |
| SBO | 2022-05-03 | [The impact of the Ukraine crisis on the global vegetable oil market \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41484-the-impact-of-the-ukraine-crisis-on-the-global-vegetable-oil-market-ifpri.md) | +3.0% | -3.8% |
| SBO | 2022-04-15 | [Ukraine says grain on ships in blocked Black Sea ports may deteriorate \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14494-ukraine-says-grain-on-ships-in-blocked-black-sea-ports-may-deteriorate-reuters.md) | +3.2% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- apk-inform.com: https://www.apk-inform.com/en/news/1556145

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