# The sunflower sector shaken by the Russian intervention in Ukraine – Archyde

> Ukraine and Russia generate most of the world's sunflower oil exports, and Ukrainian grain and oilseed exports depend heavily on Black Sea ports now disrupted by the war. Buyers in India, China and the EU are concerned, and French buyers worry about high-protein sunflower meal supply.

- Date: 2022-03-01 · published 2022-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42391-the-sunflower-sector-shaken-by-the-russian-intervention-in-ukraine-archyde
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Disruption to sunflower oil and meal exports lifts vegoil and protein meal prices, as buyers must turn to soybean and rapeseed meal substitutes.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2022-03-29 | [War in Ukraine impacts sunflower market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42390-war-in-ukraine-impacts-sunflower-market.md) | +264.4% | +276.2% |
| SBO | 2022-06-28 | [The Battle for the Black Sea \| Russia-Ukraine war \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14478-the-battle-for-the-black-sea-russia-ukraine-war-al-jazeera.md) | -6.8% | -13.9% |
| SBO | 2022-07-07 | [Ukraine exported a record amount of sunflower, but will cut production in half in the new season 07.07.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40603-ukraine-exported-a-record-amount-of-sunflower-but-will-cut-production-in-half.md) | -1.5% | +0.6% |
| SBO | 2022-02-24 | [Factbox: Russia’s Ukraine invasion seen disrupting vegetable oil, grain trade flows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14511-factbox-russia-s-ukraine-invasion-seen-disrupting-vegetable-oil-grain-trade.md) | +5.0% | +0.9% |
| SBO | 2026-07-27 | [Black Sea grain trapped as Russia, Ukraine attacks continue \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14101-black-sea-grain-trapped-as-russia-ukraine-attacks-continue-world-grain.md) | -5.7% | -1.4% |
| SBM | 2022-03-29 | [War in Ukraine impacts sunflower market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42390-war-in-ukraine-impacts-sunflower-market.md) | -4.4% | -6.6% |
| SBM | 2022-04-05 | [The Russia-Ukraine War’s Impact on Global Fertilizer Markets - Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41765-the-russia-ukraine-war-s-impact-on-global-fertilizer-markets-rabobank.md) | +0.5% | -4.7% |
| SBM | 2022-05-07 | [Soy boon for Argentina as Ukraine war boosts prices \| The Straits Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14033-soy-boon-for-argentina-as-ukraine-war-boosts-prices-the-straits-times.md) | -4.2% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- archyde.com: https://www.archyde.com/the-sunflower-sector-shaken-by-the-russian-intervention-in-ukraine/

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