# Agrarian Superstate Importing Soybean or Why Is the Market Short of This Oilseed Crop? — Latifundist.com

> A Ukrainian analyst estimates domestic soybean meal consumption at about 50,000 tonnes per month, with roughly 100,000 tonnes of soybeans available locally and some contracted for export. Crushing plants are half-loaded, and processors had stockpiled soybeans in anticipation of a deficit in the second half of 2020.

- Date: 2020-05-29 · published 2020-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53254-agrarian-superstate-importing-soybean-or-why-is-the-market-short-of-this
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Tight domestic soybean supply in Ukraine raises demand for alternatives such as sunflower meal, supporting feed protein prices in the Black Sea region.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2021-02-01 | [Why the South American soybean crop is more important than you think](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49190-why-the-south-american-soybean-crop-is-more-important-than-you-think.md) | -0.2% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2018-10-12 | [AgriMarketing.com - Brazil's Supply Of Soybeans Is Running Low](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62630-agrimarketing-com-brazil-s-supply-of-soybeans-is-running-low.md) | +0.6% | +1.1% |
| SOY | 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) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| SOY | 2025-11-14 | [U.S.–China Soybean Deal: Comparing Past Export Levels and Global Market Impacts - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7893-u-s-china-soybean-deal-comparing-past-export-levels-and-global-market-impacts.md) | -0.8% | -4.9% |
| SOY | 2023-05-09 | [SunSirs: Supported by Favorable Factors, the Soybean Meal Market Continued to Rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36012-sunsirs-supported-by-favorable-factors-the-soybean-meal-market-continued-to-rise.md) | -4.6% | -7.9% |
| SBM | 2018-10-12 | [AgriMarketing.com - Brazil's Supply Of Soybeans Is Running Low](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62630-agrimarketing-com-brazil-s-supply-of-soybeans-is-running-low.md) | +1.1% | -2.1% |
| SBM | 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) | -0.9% | -1.8% |
| SBM | 2022-11-15 | [China mulls importing soybean meal from Brazil as supply shortage bites](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38746-china-mulls-importing-soybean-meal-from-brazil-as-supply-shortage-bites.md) | +0.1% | +9.8% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/blog/read/2655-agrarnaya-sverhderzhava-nachala-importirovat-soyu-ili-pochemu-na-rynke-soi-defitsit

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