European Union reduced imports of oilseeds and their processed products

According to the European Commission, from July 1, 2025 to April 24, 2026, EU countries reduced imports of oilseeds and their processed products by 10% to 36.572 million tons compared to the corresponding period of the previous season.

Thus, compared to the previous season, imports decreased:

• oilseeds – by 15% to 15.421 million tons,
• of meals – by 7% to 16.747 million tons,
• oils – by 8% to 4.405 million tons.

By product, imports decreased:

• soybeans – by 10% to 10.541 million tons,
• rapeseed – by 29% to 4.121 million tons,
• soybean meal – by 7% to 14.552 million tons,
• sunflower meal – by 25% to 1.517 million tons,
• sunflower oil – by 23% to 1.582 million tons,
• palm oil – by 5% to 2.343 million tons.

At the same time, imports of the following types of products increased:

• sunseed by 46% to 758,314 thousand tons,
• soybean oil – by 57% to 614,047 thousand tons,
• rapeseed oil – by 94% to 479,306 thousand tons,
• rapeseed meal – by 142% to 679.19 thousand tons.

In the MY 2025/26, the main suppliers of soybeans to the EU were the USA (4.3 million tons) and Brazil (4.2 million tons). Rapeseed was supplied by Ukraine (1.4 million tons) and Australia (1.3 million tons), sunseed by Moldova (0.3 million tons) and Argentina (0.3 million tons).

In addition, Ukraine exported 1.5 million tons of sunflower, 0.4 million tons of soybean and 0.3 million tons of rapeseed oil to the EU.

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