# Sunflower meal exports from Ukraine remain the lowest since MY 2016/17 04.02.2022 - UkrAgroConsult

> Ukrainian sunflower meal exports in September-December 2021/22 fell to a six-year low of 1,446 thousand tonnes, down 17% y/y, on limited supply from growers and slow processing. EU imports from Ukraine were cut by 59%, while China's purchases rose 7%.

- Date: 2022-02-04 · published 2022-02-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42808-sunflower-meal-exports-from-ukraine-remain-the-lowest-since-my-2016-17-04-02
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Ukrainian meal supply reduces global sunflower meal availability, supporting meal prices and pushing buyers toward soybean meal and rapeseed meal substitutes.

## 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 | 2022-02-23 | [Ukraine losing its share on the EU’s sunflower meal market – APK-Inform](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42807-ukraine-losing-its-share-on-the-eu-s-sunflower-meal-market-apk-inform.md) | +2.3% | +6.0% |
| SBM | 2022-08-04 | [Argentine farmers withhold corn, soybeans 04.08.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14018-argentine-farmers-withhold-corn-soybeans-04-08-2022-ukragroconsult.md) | +5.5% | -4.3% |
| SBM | 2021-05-19 | [Pricey soyameal could drag oilmeals’ exports lower in H1  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47164-pricey-soyameal-could-drag-oilmeals-exports-lower-in-h1-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -4.8% | -9.2% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/sunflower-meal-exports-from-ukraine-remain-the-lowest-since-my-2016-17/

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