# The purchase price of sunflower in Ukraine has again updated the record

> Ukrainian sunflower seed purchase prices hit a new record, with processors paying about 23,800 to 24,000 UAH per ton. Sunflower oil bids reached $1,400 per ton FOB, and Russian refiners cut exports amid fears of an export duty.

- Date: 2021-02-23 · published 2021-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48760-the-purchase-price-of-sunflower-in-ukraine-has-again-updated-the-record
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Record seed and oil prices, plus Russian export curbs, tighten global vegetable oil supply and lift competing palm and soybean oil prices, while sunflower meal supply stays constrained.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2021-04-14 | [High demand supports the purchase price of sunflower in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47712-high-demand-supports-the-purchase-price-of-sunflower-in-ukraine.md) | +7.6% | +18.8% |
| SBO | 2023-10-11 | [Lower sunflower seed prices in the EU and Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33750-lower-sunflower-seed-prices-in-the-eu-and-ukraine.md) | +5.1% | -0.7% |
| SBO | 2022-01-11 | [Ukraine has increased the export of sunflower oil and reduced the supply of sunflower meal in December 2021 11.01.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43256-ukraine-has-increased-the-export-of-sunflower-oil-and-reduced-the-supply-of.md) | -0.7% | +6.7% |
| SBO | 2021-01-27 | [The sharp rise in prices of soybean oil will support prices for sunflower oil and sunflower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49249-the-sharp-rise-in-prices-of-soybean-oil-will-support-prices-for-sunflower-oil.md) | +3.8% | +13.1% |
| SBO | 2023-04-27 | [Forecast of sunflower exports from Ukraine in 2023/24 MY remains restrained – APK-Inform](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36520-forecast-of-sunflower-exports-from-ukraine-in-2023-24-my-remains-restrained-apk.md) | -2.7% | -9.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-04-14 | [High demand supports the purchase price of sunflower in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47712-high-demand-supports-the-purchase-price-of-sunflower-in-ukraine.md) | +3.9% | +15.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-09-26 | [Prices for sunflower oil continue to decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63119-prices-for-sunflower-oil-continue-to-decline.md) | -2.4% | -0.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-07-28 | [MPOB expects palm oil exports to recover in second half of 2025 \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23855-mpob-expects-palm-oil-exports-to-recover-in-second-half-of-2025-the-star.md) | +0.3% | +5.4% |

## Sources

- graintrade.com.ua: https://graintrade.com.ua/en/novosti/zakupivelni-tcini-na-sonyashnik-v-ukraini-znovu-onovili-rekord.html

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