# Argentina halts export registration for soy oil, meal | Reuters

> Argentina halted registration of export sales of soybean oil and meal, stopping sales and exports of the 2021/22 crop. The world's top exporter of both products has not yet started physical shipments because harvesting has not begun.

- Date: 2022-03-14 · published 2022-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Argentina · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5494-argentina-halts-export-registration-for-soy-oil-meal-reuters
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Argentina supplies a large share of global soymeal and oil, so the halt tightens world supply and supports soymeal and soyoil prices, with possible spillover to vegetable oils and feed substitutes.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2020-02-26 | [Soybeans bounce as Argentina suspends export registrations \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54444-soybeans-bounce-as-argentina-suspends-export-registrations-financial-post.md) | +1.6% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2020-10-02 | [Soybeans Bounce as Argentina Suspends Export Registrations \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12139-soybeans-bounce-as-argentina-suspends-export-registrations-feed-and-grain.md) | +2.6% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2022-03-14 | [Top Exporter of Soy Meal, Oil Halts Cargoes as Prices Surge - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12629-top-exporter-of-soy-meal-oil-halts-cargoes-as-prices-surge-bloomberg.md) | -1.3% | -0.1% |
| SOY | 2022-12-05 | [Lowered taxes to boost Argentine soyabean meal and oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13993-lowered-taxes-to-boost-argentine-soyabean-meal-and-oil-exports.md) | +3.1% | +3.4% |
| SOY | 2025-09-22 | [Argentina suspends agro-export taxes to scoop up dollars \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13831-argentina-suspends-agro-export-taxes-to-scoop-up-dollars-reuters.md) | -1.1% | -0.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-05-23 | [Indonesia policy uncertainty hampers resumption of palm oil exports \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15826-indonesia-policy-uncertainty-hampers-resumption-of-palm-oil-exports-reuters.md) | +1.8% | -10.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-01-18 | [Indonesia to require palm oil export permits \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15848-indonesia-to-require-palm-oil-export-permits-reuters.md) | +2.6% | +10.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-05-20 | [Indonesia plan to centralise palm oil exports raises fears of supply disruption \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15467-indonesia-plan-to-centralise-palm-oil-exports-raises-fears-of-supply-disruption.md) | -0.5% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-halts-export-registration-soy-oil-meal-2022-03-14/
- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2022/03/argentina-halts-export-registration-for-soy-oil-meal

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