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Ukraine loses top sunflower oil exporter status to Russia

Russia became the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil in the 2025/26 marketing year, overtaking Ukraine for the first time in two decades, according to updated estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

14 September, 05:25 PM

Black Sea attacks disrupt sunflower oil flows, pushing India toward new suppliers

India, the world’s largest buyer of sunflower oil, is rushing to secure new suppliers and substitute vegetable oils as attacks in the Black Sea region disrupt imports and weak monsoon rains hurt its domestic crop, Bloomberg reported.

30 July, 03:18 PM

Major oil exporter Allseeds suspends operations in Odesa Oblast over security risks

Allseeds Group, one of the largest oil exporters in Ukraine, decided to suspend its operations in Odesa Oblast due to a significant worsening of the security situation and intensified Russian missile and drone attacks, the company wrote on July 23.

24 July, 12:05 PM

China doubles sunflower meal imports as Ukraine expands share

China doubled its imports of sunflower meal in September-March of the 2025–2026 marketing year after suspending purchases of Canadian canola meal, APK-Inform reported.

10 June, 10:51 AM

Russian attack on Chornomorsk port causes 1,100-ton oil leak at Kernel terminal

A massive Russian drone attack struck port infrastructure in Chornomorsk overnight on May 3, hitting Kernel’s vegetable oil transshipment terminal.

5 May, 11:45 AM

Ukraine becomes second-largest supplier of sunflower oil to India in February

India’s vegetable oil imports fell 1.5% month-on-month in February to 1.29 million tons, with higher purchases of palm and soybean oil offset by a sharp drop in sunflower oil imports, APK-Inform reported on March 18.

18 March, 12:39 PM

Russian tanker Midvolga 2 reportedly hit by drone 80 miles off Yalta - photos

Photos, allegedly showing the aftermath of an attack on the Russian tanker Midvolga 2 in the Black Sea, have appeared online on the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel Mash on Dec. 2.

2 December 2025, 02:15 PM

Russia to boost sunflower oil exports to India as Ukraine redirects its supplies to European markets

Russia, the world’s largest sunflower oil producer, plans to boost exports to India to replace Ukrainian supplies redirected to Europe, its state agricultural export agency said, Reuters reported on Sept. 30.

30 September 2025, 01:48 PM

Ukraine ranks second in sunflower oil exports to India in 2024/25 marketing year

From September to July of the 2024/25 marketing year, Ukraine exported 767,000 tons of sunflower oil to India, a 55% increase from the same period last season, according to APK-Inform on Aug. 16.

16 August 2025, 02:25 PM

Man attempted to cross into Moldova suspended in sunflower oil

Ukrainian border guards detained a man who was attempting to cross into Moldova hiding in a tanker truck, half-submerged in sunflower seed oil, State Border Guard Service reported on April 18.

19 April 2025, 02:08 AM

Ukraine exports over 5 million tons of agri-products in March

In March 2025, Ukraine exported 5.4 million metric tons of agricultural products worth $2.1 billion, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported on April 9.

9 April 2025, 01:08 PM

Ukraine’s oil giant Kernel boosts net profit 73%

Kernel, one of the world’s biggest sunflower oil producers, saw its net profit climb 73% from $102 million to $177 million in the first half of fiscal 2025 (July 2024-June 2025) compared to the same period last year, according to the company’s financial report.

3 March 2025, 02:44 PM

Kernel suspends production at one plant despite increased processing

Kernel, Ukraine’s largest producer and exporter of sunflower oil, suspended operations at one of its plants due to limited sunflower availability. The decision is announced in a quarterly report dated Jan. 20, showing significant processing growth.

27 January 2025, 01:43 PM

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