# Soybean prices in Ukraine are falling amid falling demand for meal and cake

> Ukrainian soybean prices are falling as sunflower meal prices dropped sharply and pressured soybean meal domestically and at the western border. Processors are running at minimum capacity because of rail queues and a shortage of trucks at EU borders.

- Date: 2022-05-04 · published 2022-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Ukraine · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41517-soybean-prices-in-ukraine-are-falling-amid-falling-demand-for-meal-and-cake
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Logistics bottlenecks trapping meal in Ukraine push down regional soymeal and sunflower meal prices, while global soybean prices remain high on the weak Argentine harvest.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2022-09-20 | [Low demand from processors puts pressure on soybean and rapeseed prices in Ukraine 20.09.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39687-low-demand-from-processors-puts-pressure-on-soybean-and-rapeseed-prices-in.md) | -1.6% | -4.7% |
| SBM | 2022-10-18 | [Sunflowers and soybeans in Ukraine are falling in price against the background of the new harvest and limited exports 18.10.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39249-sunflowers-and-soybeans-in-ukraine-are-falling-in-price-against-the-background.md) | -0.1% | -1.4% |
| SBM | 2024-07-17 | [SunSirs: Inventory Pressure Highlights Rrecent Continuous Decline in China Soybean Meal Futures Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5653-sunsirs-inventory-pressure-highlights-rrecent-continuous-decline-in-china.md) | +2.0% | -7.4% |
| SBM | 2019-07-18 | [Price of soybeans fall in Brazil due to freight - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58296-price-of-soybeans-fall-in-brazil-due-to-freight-datamarnews.md) | -0.4% | -4.7% |
| SBM | 2024-09-20 | [Fueling progress - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15181-fueling-progress-american-soybean-association.md) | +1.5% | -1.2% |
| SOY | 2022-09-20 | [Low demand from processors puts pressure on soybean and rapeseed prices in Ukraine 20.09.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39687-low-demand-from-processors-puts-pressure-on-soybean-and-rapeseed-prices-in.md) | -3.4% | -5.2% |
| SOY | 2022-10-30 | [Domestic demand for soybeans, export demand for corn keeps prices up - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39175-domestic-demand-for-soybeans-export-demand-for-corn-keeps-prices-up-high-plains.md) | +4.6% | +5.0% |
| SOY | 2021-08-19 | [Argentinian soy meal market surges on demand, slow farmer selling \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45644-argentinian-soy-meal-market-surges-on-demand-slow-farmer-selling-s-and-p-global.md) | -0.9% | -4.6% |

## Sources

- graintrade.com.ua: https://graintrade.com.ua/en/novosti/tcini-na-soyu-v-ukraini-opuskayutsya-na-tli-padinnya-popitu-na-shrot-ta-makuhu.html

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