# Argentina is increasing its sunflower oil and meal exports

> Argentina has increased sunflower oil exports 55% this season to 963,000 tons and sunflower meal exports 72% to a record 1.06 million tons. Total sunflower exports could reach nearly 5 million tons as shipments front-load before the Northern Hemisphere harvest.

- Date: 2026-04-30 · published 2026-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19830-argentina-is-increasing-its-sunflower-oil-and-meal-exports
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy Argentine export flow adds meal and oil supply before the northern harvest, which is bearish for sunflower product prices in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-10-21 | [Argentina plans to increase soybean crush and exports in 2026/27](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13773-argentina-plans-to-increase-soybean-crush-and-exports-in-2026-27.md) | +0.5% | — |
| 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 | 2026-10-29 | [Russian exporters shift to sunflower oil and meal supplies to Kazakhstan after sunseed import ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17205-russian-exporters-shift-to-sunflower-oil-and-meal-supplies-to-kazakhstan-after.md) | -0.8% | — |
| 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 | 2025-09-24 | [Vegetable oil prices fall under pressure from increased supply from Argentina](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22946-vegetable-oil-prices-fall-under-pressure-from-increased-supply-from-argentina.md) | -0.4% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/argentina-is-increasing-its-sunflower-oil-and-meal-exports/

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