Ukrainian rapeseed — newsmaker and headache
UkrAgroConsult
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Ukraine rapeseed exports are frozen by the 10% duty.
In 2025/26 season, rapeseed export potential cut (19% less y/y) on a smaller crop (13% less y/y) and the duty shock.
Typical Sep RPS exports are 500–900 K mt, 3-yr avg at 730 K mt.
However, given that July–August exports exceeded 25% of export potential (compared to 23–37% in previous seasons), the current season had every chance of continuing as usual.
Crushers and exporters competition vanished, crushers marked bids down, processing margins widened. This is a crushers’ market until the exemption procedure is workable.
If Ukrainian Parliament considers amendments in October, real changes could take effect from early November.
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