# Ukraine's sunflower oil production estimated 20% lower: USDA — Latifundist.com

> USDA's March report put Ukraine's 2020/21 sunflower seed crop at 14 million tonnes, 15% lower year on year. Ukrainian sunflower oil output was estimated at 5.92 million tonnes, down 20%, and world sunflower oil output was cut to 19.44 million tonnes.

- Date: 2021-03-10 · published 2021-03-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48237-ukraine-s-sunflower-oil-production-estimated-20-lower-usda-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A 20% drop in Ukrainian sunflower oil and lower world output tightens vegetable oil supply, supporting sunflower meal and soyoil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2020-09-15 | [USDA cut its estimate for sunflower production in Ukraine — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51221-usda-cut-its-estimate-for-sunflower-production-in-ukraine-latifundist-com.md) | -0.0% | -3.3% |
| SBO | 2021-10-13 | [October USDA: sunflowerseeds production in Ukraine projected 0.5 mln t lower — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44654-october-usda-sunflowerseeds-production-in-ukraine-projected-0-5-mln-t-lower.md) | +4.4% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2025-02-27 | [Sunflower production estimate lowered](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26196-sunflower-production-estimate-lowered.md) | -5.2% | -4.3% |
| SBO | 2022-12-21 | [Global sunflower production down due to war in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38355-global-sunflower-production-down-due-to-war-in-ukraine.md) | -0.2% | -3.4% |
| SBO | 2017-06-30 | [Argentina’s soybean production estimates lower in 2017-18 \| World-grain.com \| June 30, 2017 12:42 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70323-argentina-s-soybean-production-estimates-lower-in-2017-18-world-grain-com-june.md) | +1.1% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/54232-proizvodstvo-podsolnechnogo-masla-v-ukraine-snizitsya-na-20--usda

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