# Sunflower meal deliveries turn record high — Latifundist.com

> Ukraine shipped a record 580 thousand tons of sunflower meal in December 2018, up 40% from December 2017. Exports for the September-December 2018/19 season reached 1.56 million tons, also a record for the period, with China the leading buyer.

- Date: 2019-01-23 · published 2019-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61207-sunflower-meal-deliveries-turn-record-high-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Record Ukrainian meal exports to China and other Asian buyers tighten global sunflower meal availability and support meal prices that compete with soybean meal in feed rations.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2020-04-20 | [Sunflower meal supply record-high in Sep-Mar 2019/20 — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53751-sunflower-meal-supply-record-high-in-sep-mar-2019-20-latifundist-com.md) | -0.2% | -0.2% |
| SBM | 2025-07-03 | [Argentine soybean meal gains entry to China, challenging Ukrainian sunflower meal – ASAP Agri — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23878-argentine-soybean-meal-gains-entry-to-china-challenging-ukrainian-sunflower.md) | -1.4% | -2.4% |
| SBM | 2018-09-08 | [Sunflower meal — China & Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63144-sunflower-meal-china-and-ukraine.md) | -2.2% | +0.4% |
| SBM | 2023-01-31 | [The EU has reduced its interest in Ukrainian sunflower meal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37884-the-eu-has-reduced-its-interest-in-ukrainian-sunflower-meal.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2023-07-12 | [Ukraine retains leadership in the Chinese sunflower meal market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35158-ukraine-retains-leadership-in-the-chinese-sunflower-meal-market.md) | +5.0% | +3.5% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/43187-eksport-podsolnechnogo-shrota-dostig-absolyutnogo-rekorda

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