
Ukraine may leave nearly 5 million tonnes of sunflower seed unprocessed in the 2026/27 season, according to analyst Viktoria Blazhko of Barva Invest. Processing capacity is about 12 million tonnes a year, but the base-case forecast expects only 7.2 million tonnes to be processed due to security risks and maritime logistics problems.
Lower crushing reduces Ukrainian sunflower oil and sunflower meal output and exports, tightening supplies for feed buyers and supporting sunflower meal and vegetable oil prices.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 85 past bullish logistics events, Soybean Oil moved a median +0.7% over 5 sessions (64% higher; middle half -1.3% to +2.7%), and +3.1% over 20.
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