# In October, exports of Ukrainian sunflower meal to China increased significantly

> Ukraine's sunflower meal exports rose 28% in October 2023/24 to 359,000 tonnes, with China taking 144,000 tonnes, the highest monthly volume in seven months. Over the first two months of the season, however, exports to China fell 47% year on year.

- Date: 2023-11-22 · published 2023-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33284-in-october-exports-of-ukrainian-sunflower-meal-to-china-increased-significantly
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger Ukrainian meal shipments to China add supply to the protein meal market, but competition from Russian meal and lower year-on-year volumes limit the price impact.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CANMEAL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2023-05-25 | [Ukraine sharply increased exports of soybean and sunflower meal in 2022/23 MR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36067-ukraine-sharply-increased-exports-of-soybean-and-sunflower-meal-in-2022-23-mr.md) | -2.3% | +6.9% |
| SBM | 2018-09-08 | [Sunflower meal — China & Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63144-sunflower-meal-china-and-ukraine.md) | -2.2% | +0.4% |
| SBM | 2024-06-12 | [EU increased sunflower meal imports by 16% this season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29886-eu-increased-sunflower-meal-imports-by-16-this-season.md) | +0.8% | +2.6% |
| SBM | 2023-01-31 | [The EU has reduced its interest in Ukrainian sunflower meal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37884-the-eu-has-reduced-its-interest-in-ukrainian-sunflower-meal.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2022-11-14 | [Kazakhstan plans to start exporting sunflower meal/cake to China in 2023 – NOPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38794-kazakhstan-plans-to-start-exporting-sunflower-meal-cake-to-china-in-2023-nopa.md) | +0.4% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- tridge.com: https://www.tridge.com/news/in-october-exports-of-ukrainian-sunflower-meal-to-

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