# Ukraine sharply increased exports of soybean and sunflower meal in 2022/23 MR

> Ukraine exported about 400,000 tonnes of soybean meal from September to April, 20% ahead of last year, with Poland taking 48%. Sunflower meal exports were flat year on year at 2.7 million tonnes, with the EU share rising sharply.

- Date: 2023-05-25 · published 2023-05-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36067-ukraine-sharply-increased-exports-of-soybean-and-sunflower-meal-in-2022-23-mr
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Ukraine is gaining share of EU protein meal imports, displacing some Brazilian and Argentine supply. The effect on prices is small but relevant to EU meal buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SUNMEAL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2023-11-22 | [In October, exports of Ukrainian sunflower meal to China increased significantly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33284-in-october-exports-of-ukrainian-sunflower-meal-to-china-increased-significantly.md) | -2.8% | -11.5% |
| 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 | 2021-11-25 | [Increased soyameal and rapemeal prices resulted in lowered oilmeal exports - Benison Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44125-increased-soyameal-and-rapemeal-prices-resulted-in-lowered-oilmeal-exports.md) | -0.6% | +11.2% |
| SBM | 2018-09-08 | [Sunflower meal — China & Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63144-sunflower-meal-china-and-ukraine.md) | -2.2% | +0.4% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- graintrade.com.ua: https://graintrade.com.ua/en/novosti/ukraina-u-202223-mr-rizko-zbilshila-eksport-soevogo-ta-sonyashnikovogo-shrotu.html

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