Argentina increases sunflower oil exports and boosts supplies to India

According to the Rosario Exchange, in the first 9 months of this year, Argentina increased its sunflower oil exports by 30% compared to the same period in 2025, with deliveries in September reaching a record 177,000 tons for this month. Sunflower processing increased by 20% to 4.4 million tons during this period.

 

From January to August 2026, Argentina supplied India with a record 3.2 million tons of oil for this period, including more than 2.5 million tons of soybean oil and 750,000 tons of sunflower oil, which accounted for half of the volume of sunflower oil exported during this period. The increase in supplies is facilitated by restrictions on oil exports from Ukraine and the Russian Federation due to attacks on port infrastructure in the Black Sea.

 

At the same time, India is trying to replace Ukrainian and Russian sunflower oil with other oils, in particular soybean oil from Argentina. And Ukraine is losing its position in Asian markets, so the main task now is to restore supplies.

 

Until the new Argentine harvest appears on the world market, Ukrainian exporters can increase sales of oil to Asian buyers. Currently, almost half of the sunflower oil exported from Ukraine is sent to EU countries.