# Russian govt increases base prices for sunflower oil, meal for calculating export duties

> The Russian government raised base export prices for sunflower oil from 82,500 to 90,750 rubles per tonne and for sunflower meal from 15,875 to 17,463 rubles per tonne. These base prices are used to calculate floating export duties, so higher bases lower the duty rates.

- Date: 2026-04-24 · published 2026-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Russia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19823-russian-govt-increases-base-prices-for-sunflower-oil-meal-for-calculating
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower export duties improve margins for Russian crushers and should encourage more sunflower oil and meal exports, adding supply to world markets and modestly weighing on global sunflower product prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2020-03-25 | [Can increase the price of sunflower oil - IKAR in Mass Media \| IKAR.ru](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54254-can-increase-the-price-of-sunflower-oil-ikar-in-mass-media-ikar-ru.md) | +1.7% | -3.7% |
| SBO | 2023-09-19 | [Turkey introduced reference prices for sunflower and sunflower oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34215-turkey-introduced-reference-prices-for-sunflower-and-sunflower-oil.md) | -4.2% | -5.0% |
| SBO | 2026-10-01 | [Rising biodiesel imports cap US soybean oil prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17543-rising-biodiesel-imports-cap-us-soybean-oil-prices.md) | +1.8% | +3.3% |
| SBO | 2023-04-28 | [Crude palm oil prices dive to six-month low as Indonesia revises export policy - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4383-crude-palm-oil-prices-dive-to-six-month-low-as-indonesia-revises-export-policy.md) | -1.7% | -8.4% |
| SBO | 2020-08-18 | [Argentina Mulls Cutting Export Tax for Soy Meal: Industry Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51434-argentina-mulls-cutting-export-tax-for-soy-meal-industry-group.md) | +1.2% | +8.9% |

## Sources

- interfax.com: https://www.interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/117301/

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