# Ukraine Faces Up to 5 Million Tonnes of Unprocessed Sunflower Seed in 2026/27 Season

> 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.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-04T18:07:02.296Z
- Category: logistics · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/80041-ukraine-faces-up-to-5-million-tonnes-of-unprocessed-sunflower-seed-in-2026-27
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2026-01-23 | [Ukraine Sunflower Prices Hit Season Highs in 2025/2026 Marketing Year \| Межа](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12814-ukraine-sunflower-prices-hit-season-highs-in-2025-2026-marketing-year.md) | +2.6% | +9.0% |
| SBO | 2022-11-24 | [Sunflower prices in Ukraine are increasing against the backdrop of increased export of seeds and processed products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38793-sunflower-prices-in-ukraine-are-increasing-against-the-backdrop-of-increased.md) | -3.3% | -10.2% |
| SBO | 2026-01-26 | [Ukraine sunflower prices rise sharply amid higher sunflower oil prices - APK-Inform](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12810-ukraine-sunflower-prices-rise-sharply-amid-higher-sunflower-oil-prices-apk.md) | +2.1% | +8.2% |
| SBO | 2026-01-27 | [Ukraine Sees Record Sunflower Prices Amid Power Outages and Export Market Shifts \| Tridge Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12811-ukraine-sees-record-sunflower-prices-amid-power-outages-and-export-market.md) | -0.9% | +7.7% |
| SBO | 2022-11-07 | [Sunseed crush in Ukraine could fall more than 25% due to energy crisis - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38797-sunseed-crush-in-ukraine-could-fall-more-than-25-due-to-energy-crisis.md) | +2.1% | -11.1% |

## Sources

- insights.tridge.com: https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLL8ufwRmq1in772ENcXKC7B

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