# EU: In 2016 – 2017 soybean meal consumption will decrease while sunflower meal consumtion will rise

> According to Oil World, EU soybean meal consumption in the 2016-17 season is expected to fall to 31.8 million tonnes with imports of 20.3 million tonnes. Sunflower meal consumption is forecast to rise by 0.8 million tonnes to 7.5 million tonnes, taking a 12.5% share of total meal use.

- Date: 2017-05-30 · published 2017-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71117-eu-in-2016-2017-soybean-meal-consumption-will-decrease-while-sunflower-meal
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Shifting EU demand from soybean meal toward sunflower meal supports sunflower meal prices and modestly reduces soymeal import demand, a mildly bearish factor for soybean meal.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-10-27 | [SunSirs: EU Soybean Meal Imports Decrease by 1%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22481-sunsirs-eu-soybean-meal-imports-decrease-by-1.md) | +10.4% | +9.1% |
| SBM | 2025-07-11 | [China’s feed production rises, soybean meal consumption falls](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23726-china-s-feed-production-rises-soybean-meal-consumption-falls.md) | -0.0% | +2.2% |
| SBM | 2024-03-07 | [EU increases imports of sunflower and rapeseed meal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31332-eu-increases-imports-of-sunflower-and-rapeseed-meal.md) | -0.8% | -1.9% |
| SBM | 2025-08-01 | [China’s soybean meal stockpiles rise, US soybean imports in doubt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23301-china-s-soybean-meal-stockpiles-rise-us-soybean-imports-in-doubt.md) | +3.3% | +8.6% |
| SBM | 2017-02-21 | [Romania sharply decreased imports of soybean meal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72575-romania-sharply-decreased-imports-of-soybean-meal.md) | -2.5% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- grainsprices.com: https://grainsprices.com/article/12622

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