# Ukraine-China. Oilseeds section: strategic partnership at work - UkrAgroConsult

> Ukraine is ramping up oilseed exports to China, with sunflower oil purchases up 40% year on year and first-eight-month shipments reaching 880 KMT. Sunflower meal shipments to China have reached about 1.47 MMT this season, far above the prior year.

- Date: 2021-05-19 · published 2021-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47192-ukraine-china-oilseeds-section-strategic-partnership-at-work-ukragroconsult
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Strong Chinese demand for Ukrainian sunflower meal and oil supports Black Sea oilmeal and vegoil prices and tightens the sunflower complex available to feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 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) | +3.4% | +6.6% |
| SBO | 2022-08-10 | [Sunflower prices are rising on expectations of increased exports of oil and meal 10.08.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40147-sunflower-prices-are-rising-on-expectations-of-increased-exports-of-oil-and.md) | -1.1% | +1.7% |
| SBO | 2021-09-03 | [Latin American soybean oil basis surge on improving demand, supply worries 03.09.2021 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45153-latin-american-soybean-oil-basis-surge-on-improving-demand-supply-worries-03-09.md) | -2.4% | +1.3% |
| SBO | 2020-08-03 | [Oilseeds daily: China invests in Argentina - Mundus Agri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51726-oilseeds-daily-china-invests-in-argentina-mundus-agri.md) | +1.4% | +8.0% |
| SBO | 2017-08-09 | [Ukrainian oilseeds export digest – August 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69570-ukrainian-oilseeds-export-digest-august-2017.md) | -3.2% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/ukraine-china-oilseeds-section-strategic-partnership-at-work/

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