# SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts launches FOB Argentina soybean oil, meal price assessments | S&P Global

> S&P Global Platts launched daily physical price assessments for soybean oil and soybean meal exports from Argentina, effective September 3, 2019. The soybean oil benchmark covers 1,000 mt parcels loading Up River on the Paraná. Argentina accounts for about 46% of global soybean oil exports and 44% of meal exports.

- Date: 2019-09-03 · published 2019-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Argentina · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57157-subscriber-note-platts-launches-fob-argentina-soybean-oil-meal-price
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The new benchmarks improve price transparency for Argentine oilseed products, which supply a large share of world soymeal and soyoil trade. They do not by themselves change supply or demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SBO: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2023-01-17 | [Global fish oil and meal prices expected to ease from last year’s…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37881-global-fish-oil-and-meal-prices-expected-to-ease-from-last-year-s.md) | -8.4% | -1.6% |
| SBM | 2021-08-12 | [US 2021-22 soybean meal price estimated at $385/st, down $10 from July: USDA \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45643-us-2021-22-soybean-meal-price-estimated-at-385-st-down-10-from-july-usda-s-and.md) | +0.4% | -4.3% |
| SBM | 2018-11-14 | [Global Ag Network \| What does NOPA Crush mean for Soybeans?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62107-global-ag-network-what-does-nopa-crush-mean-for-soybeans.md) | +1.1% | +1.8% |
| SBM | 2022-05-02 | [S&P Global launches Americas animal feed ingredient calculations May 2 \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41526-s-and-p-global-launches-americas-animal-feed-ingredient-calculations-may-2-s.md) | -3.9% | -2.8% |
| SBM | 2026-03-02 | [February rains support Argentina’s soybean crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13804-february-rains-support-argentina-s-soybean-crop.md) | -0.1% | +1.0% |
| SBO | 2022-07-14 | [Brazil to produce record amount of soybean meal, oil amid higher crush margins \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40581-brazil-to-produce-record-amount-of-soybean-meal-oil-amid-higher-crush-margins-s.md) | -0.4% | +5.6% |
| SBO | 2018-11-14 | [Global Ag Network \| What does NOPA Crush mean for Soybeans?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62107-global-ag-network-what-does-nopa-crush-mean-for-soybeans.md) | -0.8% | +4.0% |
| SBO | 2026-10-07 | [Argentina: Oilseeds and Products Update \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13770-argentina-oilseeds-and-products-update-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +0.3% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- spglobal.com: https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/090319-platts-launches-fob-argentina-soybean-oil-meal-price-assessments

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