# Ukraine losing its share on the EU’s sunflower meal market – APK-Inform

> Ukraine exported a record monthly volume of 622 thousand tonnes of sunflower meal in January, up 37% m/m and 2.2 times y/y, with strong shipments to China. Its share of EU sunflower meal imports has fallen behind Russia's for the first time, with Ukraine at 37% and Russia at 40% this season.

- Date: 2022-02-23 · published 2022-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42807-ukraine-losing-its-share-on-the-eu-s-sunflower-meal-market-apk-inform
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Shifting Ukrainian meal toward China and away from the EU tightens EU meal supply, supporting alternative protein meals in Europe while the Black Sea outlook is uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-05-13 | [Ukraine reduced sunflower meal exports in the 2024/25 MY across all key directions – APK-Inform](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24813-ukraine-reduced-sunflower-meal-exports-in-the-2024-25-my-across-all-key.md) | -0.3% | +0.9% |
| SBM | 2025-08-07 | [Ukrainian sunflower meal exports to the EU dropped significantly in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23441-ukrainian-sunflower-meal-exports-to-the-eu-dropped-significantly-in-july.md) | +4.3% | +2.2% |
| SBM | 2022-02-04 | [Sunflower meal exports from Ukraine remain the lowest since MY 2016/17 04.02.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42808-sunflower-meal-exports-from-ukraine-remain-the-lowest-since-my-2016-17-04-02.md) | +3.9% | +5.4% |
| SBM | 2016-04-18 | [Indian soybean meal on the world market too expensive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10299-indian-soybean-meal-on-the-world-market-too-expensive.md) | +5.3% | +22.0% |
| SBM | 2026-05-19 | [India soymeal exports to fall to four-year low on rising prices \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19327-india-soymeal-exports-to-fall-to-four-year-low-on-rising-prices-marketscreener.md) | -1.1% | -11.7% |

## Sources

- apk-inform.com: https://www.apk-inform.com/en/news/1525278

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