# EU soybean meal imports hit a decade high in Q1 amid global crush surge: US FAS

> The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service reported EU soybean meal imports reached nearly 6 million tonnes in Q1 of 2024-25, a decade high. Full-year EU meal imports are forecast at a nine-year high of 17.6 million tonnes. Global soymeal export prices are near five-year lows.

- Date: 2025-03-11 · published 2025-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25658-eu-soybean-meal-imports-hit-a-decade-high-in-q1-amid-global-crush-surge-us-fas
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Strong EU import demand supports South American meal flows, but abundant global supply and low export prices keep meal values under pressure for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2024-07-15 | [USDA report highlights Mexico's soybean meal import surge \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29389-usda-report-highlights-mexico-s-soybean-meal-import-surge-feed-and-grain.md) | -7.5% | -9.6% |
| SBM | 2021-07-13 | [China's June soybean imports surge on pig herd recovery \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45926-china-s-june-soybean-imports-surge-on-pig-herd-recovery-s-and-p-global.md) | +1.2% | +1.2% |
| SBM | 2025-01-14 | [US soybean meal exports set to reach record highs in 2024/25 \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26589-us-soybean-meal-exports-set-to-reach-record-highs-in-2024-25-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.9% | -0.4% |
| SBM | 2021-02-09 | [US soybean 2020-21 ending stocks fall on higher exports \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48688-us-soybean-2020-21-ending-stocks-fall-on-higher-exports-s-and-p-global.md) | -2.0% | -5.1% |
| SBM | 2026-08-31 | [Soybean meal demand pushes global trade to a new record](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17960-soybean-meal-demand-pushes-global-trade-to-a-new-record.md) | +2.5% | +10.3% |

## Sources

- spglobal.com: https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/agriculture/031125-eu-soybean-meal-imports-hit-a-decade-high-in-q1-amid-global-crush-surge-us-fas

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