# China intensified sunflower meal imports from Ukraine — Latifundist.com

> Ukraine raised sunflower meal exports to China 18-fold to 633 thousand tons in September-February 2018/19 versus the prior-year period. Shipments then collapsed in March, with virtually no deliveries, as Chinese demand and purchase prices fell.

- Date: 2019-04-11 · published 2019-04-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59710-china-intensified-sunflower-meal-imports-from-ukraine-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp drop in Chinese demand for sunflower meal removes a key export outlet and adds supply pressure on meal prices, a competitor to soybean meal in feed rations.

## Read by commodity

- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/44196-kitaj-uvelichil-import-podsolnechnogo-shrota-iz-ukrainy-v-18-raz

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