# Russian exporters shift to sunflower oil and meal supplies to Kazakhstan after sunseed import ban

> Russian exporters are shifting from sunflower seed to sunflower oil and meal shipments to Kazakhstan after Kazakhstan suspended phytosanitary certificates for Russian seed on October 23. Kazakh seed purchase prices fell from 200,000 to 160,000 tenge per ton in one month.

- Date: 2026-10-29 · published 2026-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Kazakhstan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17205-russian-exporters-shift-to-sunflower-oil-and-meal-supplies-to-kazakhstan-after
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

More Russian oil and meal entering Kazakhstan adds competition and downward pressure on oilseed product prices, and Russian export forecasts have also been cut because of port and terminal constraints.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-04-30 | [Argentina is increasing its sunflower oil and meal exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19830-argentina-is-increasing-its-sunflower-oil-and-meal-exports.md) | +0.5% | -3.5% |
| SBO | 2023-07-19 | [Top buyer India's sunflower oil imports to fall as Black Sea grain deal expires](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35172-top-buyer-india-s-sunflower-oil-imports-to-fall-as-black-sea-grain-deal-expires.md) | +10.3% | +0.6% |
| SBO | 2020-06-30 | [Rise of Russian sunflower exports hits Ukraine’s share of market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52735-rise-of-russian-sunflower-exports-hits-ukraine-s-share-of-market.md) | +4.1% | +6.5% |
| SBO | 2019-04-23 | [Ukraine and Russia increase the production of sunflower oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59716-ukraine-and-russia-increase-the-production-of-sunflower-oil.md) | -2.9% | -4.2% |
| SBO | 2024-12-04 | [Sunflower prices in Ukraine remain under pressure from falling export prices for sunflower oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27070-sunflower-prices-in-ukraine-remain-under-pressure-from-falling-export-prices.md) | +2.9% | -0.0% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/russian-exporters-shift-to-sunflower-oil-and-meal-supplies-to-kazakhstan-after-sunseed-import-ban/

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