# Turkey’s Early Tariff Reduction to Boost Ukrainian Sunflower Seed Exports This Autumn | Tridge Insights

> Turkey will cut its import duty on sunflower seed from 20% to 12% effective October 1, about two months earlier than planned. Analysts expect this to lift Ukrainian seed exports by up to 200,000 tons between September and November.

- Date: 2026-08-27 · published 2026-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Turkey · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17997-turkey-s-early-tariff-reduction-to-boost-ukrainian-sunflower-seed-exports-this
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger Turkish demand for Ukrainian seed supports origin seed prices and crush activity, which would tighten sunflower meal and oil supply and lift prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-06-25 | [EU sharply increases oilseed exports despite reduced sunflower production and reduced processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12622-eu-sharply-increases-oilseed-exports-despite-reduced-sunflower-production-and.md) | -2.8% | +8.0% |
| SBO | 2023-04-27 | [Forecast of sunflower exports from Ukraine in 2023/24 MY remains restrained – APK-Inform](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36520-forecast-of-sunflower-exports-from-ukraine-in-2023-24-my-remains-restrained-apk.md) | -2.7% | -9.8% |
| SBO | 2023-10-11 | [Lower sunflower seed prices in the EU and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33750-lower-sunflower-seed-prices-in-the-eu-and-ukraine.md) | +5.1% | -0.7% |
| SBO | 2022-01-11 | [Ukraine has increased the export of sunflower oil and reduced the supply of sunflower meal in December 2021 11.01.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43256-ukraine-has-increased-the-export-of-sunflower-oil-and-reduced-the-supply-of.md) | -0.7% | +6.7% |
| SBO | 2021-04-14 | [High demand supports the purchase price of sunflower in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47712-high-demand-supports-the-purchase-price-of-sunflower-in-ukraine.md) | +7.6% | +18.8% |

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLX9rJhLgjKHxXwdyaKWTXfK

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