# Russia To Ban Sunflower Seed Exports, Impose Quota On Sunoil | ESM Magazine

> Russia will ban sunflower seed exports from April 1 to August 31 and impose a 1.5 million tonne export quota on sunflower oil from April 15 to August 31. A 700,000 tonne quota for sunflower meal was also set. The government cited sharp global price growth and domestic price pressure.

- Date: 2022-03-31 · published 2022-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Russia · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41953-russia-to-ban-sunflower-seed-exports-impose-quota-on-sunoil-esm-magazine
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Russian export bans and quotas remove a major share of world sunflower oil and meal supply through August, pushing buyers toward palm, soy and rapeseed alternatives and keeping meal prices elevated.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-22 | [Soyoil surges to record high as Indonesia bans palm oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14040-soyoil-surges-to-record-high-as-indonesia-bans-palm-oil-exports.md) | +1.1% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-03-31 | [Export tax freeze to support Malaysian palm oil industry \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65878-export-tax-freeze-to-support-malaysian-palm-oil-industry-borneo-post-online.md) | +3.4% | -0.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-04-21 | [Economy Ministry suggests sunflower export ban — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47716-economy-ministry-suggests-sunflower-export-ban-latifundist-com.md) | +1.7% | +15.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-04-28 | [Indonesia to gradually ease palm oil exports over nine months](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36509-indonesia-to-gradually-ease-palm-oil-exports-over-nine-months.md) | -9.7% | -7.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-28 | [Soy oil soars to record as Indonesia expands palm export ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41929-soy-oil-soars-to-record-as-indonesia-expands-palm-export-ban.md) | +8.6% | -1.2% |
| SBO | 2026-06-26 | [Russian export duty on sunflower oil to rise 2.5-fold in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12621-russian-export-duty-on-sunflower-oil-to-rise-2-5-fold-in-july.md) | -3.1% | +5.4% |
| SBO | 2025-01-07 | [Duty on Russian sunflower oil exports to increase 1.7 times \| GrainProTrade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26628-duty-on-russian-sunflower-oil-exports-to-increase-1-7-times-grainprotrade.md) | +10.8% | +13.6% |
| SBO | 2022-05-17 | [Russia to hike sunflower export levy from start of June](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41518-russia-to-hike-sunflower-export-levy-from-start-of-june.md) | -2.1% | -7.6% |

## Sources

- esmmagazine.com: https://www.esmmagazine.com/supply-chain/russia-to-ban-sunflower-seed-exports-impose-quota-on-sunoil-168900
- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/russia-ban-sunflower-seed-exports-impose-quota-sunoil-2022-03-31/

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