
EU sunflower seed imports for 2022-23 through 4 December reached 1.32 million tonnes, above all annual volumes since 2003-04 apart from two seasons. Ukraine supplied 87% of the total, as crushers imported seed to process domestically amid strong sunflower oil prices.
Record EU seed crush shifts supply toward domestic meal and oil production, which weighs on imported sunflower meal and oil prices while supporting seed demand.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 81 past neutral trade events, Soybean Oil moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.8%), and +0.9% over 20.
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