# Economy Ministry suggests sunflower export ban — Latifundist.com

> Ukraine's Economy Ministry proposed a sunflowerseed export ban from 15 May through 30 September 2021, with a quota set at zero tonnes. Sunflowerseed prices rose more than 2.1x this marketing year, and exports for September-March rose 6.8x year on year.

- Date: 2021-04-21 · published 2021-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Black Sea · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47716-economy-ministry-suggests-sunflower-export-ban-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

A proposed export ban would remove a major source of seed supply from world markets, pushing sunflower meal and oil prices sharply higher.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2023-03-09 | [Sunflower exports: to be or not to be? 2022-2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36988-sunflower-exports-to-be-or-not-to-be-2022-2024.md) | -5.4% | -5.1% |
| SBO | 2022-03-31 | [Russia To Ban Sunflower Seed Exports, Impose Quota On Sunoil \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41953-russia-to-ban-sunflower-seed-exports-impose-quota-on-sunoil-esm-magazine.md) | +263.8% | +286.3% |
| 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% |
| SBO | 2026-06-26 | [Duty on sunflower oil exports from Russia to jump nearly threefold MoM in July; duty on meal to remain zero - Agriculture Ministry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12623-duty-on-sunflower-oil-exports-from-russia-to-jump-nearly-threefold-mom-in-july.md) | -3.1% | +5.4% |
| SBO | 2026-07-28 | [Russia raises August sunflower oil export duty amid logistics disruptions — CropGPT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18465-russia-raises-august-sunflower-oil-export-duty-amid-logistics-disruptions.md) | -1.2% | +3.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-03-31 | [Russia To Ban Sunflower Seed Exports, Impose Quota On Sunoil \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41953-russia-to-ban-sunflower-seed-exports-impose-quota-on-sunoil-esm-magazine.md) | -8.1% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-10-31 | [Bangkok Post - Ministry moves to clear surplus palm oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6990-bangkok-post-ministry-moves-to-clear-surplus-palm-oil.md) | -3.7% | -8.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-09-20 | [Indonesia's B50 Countdown Meets Malaysia's Firm Export Duty \| Palm Oil Economics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15442-indonesia-s-b50-countdown-meets-malaysia-s-firm-export-duty-palm-oil-economics.md) | -1.2% | -4.9% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/54831-minekonomiki-predlagaet-vvesti-zapret-na-eksport-ukrainskogo-podsolnechnika

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