Sunflower oil shipments to India from Russia, Ukraine return to normal

Argentina stays top exporter to India since war broke out

Shipments of sunflower oil to India have started normalising after imports from war-torn Ukraine resumed beginning September after a gap of four months, leading to further normalisation of supplies.

Ukraine has been the largest supplier of sunflower oil to India. However, after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out in February, supplies from Ukraine dwindled as Russia denied it access to the Black Sea ports. However, a deal facilitated by Turkey and the United Nations has restarted food supplies from Ukraine to the rest of the world.

India imports 1.9-2.5 million tonnes of crude sunflower oil, of which almost 85 per cent