# Kernel formed the first sunflower meal shipload lot to China — Latifundist.com

> Kernel shipped its first sunflower meal shipload lot to China, a 48 thousand ton cargo, days after signing export protocols. Sunflower meal prices in Ukrainian ports rose from USD 180 to USD 220 per ton after the first shipment and are now reaching USD 260 per ton FOB.

- Date: 2018-04-27 · published 2018-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Ukraine · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65614-kernel-formed-the-first-sunflower-meal-shipload-lot-to-china-latifundist-com
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese buyers are turning to Ukrainian sunflower meal as US protein supplies are constrained by the trade dispute, tightening the global protein meal market and supporting meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2022-02-23 | [Ukraine losing its share on the EU’s sunflower meal market – APK-Inform](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42807-ukraine-losing-its-share-on-the-eu-s-sunflower-meal-market-apk-inform.md) | +2.3% | +6.0% |
| SBM | 2020-05-29 | [Agrarian Superstate Importing Soybean or Why Is the Market Short of This Oilseed Crop? — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53254-agrarian-superstate-importing-soybean-or-why-is-the-market-short-of-this.md) | +1.9% | +0.4% |
| SBM | 2025-08-07 | [Ukrainian sunflower meal exports to the EU dropped significantly in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23441-ukrainian-sunflower-meal-exports-to-the-eu-dropped-significantly-in-july.md) | +4.3% | +2.2% |
| SBM | 2022-02-04 | [Sunflower meal exports from Ukraine remain the lowest since MY 2016/17 04.02.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42808-sunflower-meal-exports-from-ukraine-remain-the-lowest-since-my-2016-17-04-02.md) | +3.9% | +5.4% |
| SBM | 2025-05-13 | [Ukraine reduced sunflower meal exports in the 2024/25 MY across all key directions – APK-Inform](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24813-ukraine-reduced-sunflower-meal-exports-in-the-2024-25-my-across-all-key.md) | -0.3% | +0.9% |

## Sources

- latifundist.com: https://latifundist.com/en/novosti/39848-kernel-otgruzil-pervuyu-sudovuyu-partiyu-podsolnechnogo-shrota-v-kitaj

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