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Ukraine has maintained its position as the largest supplier of sunflower oil to the European Union, according to data from the European Commission cited by the Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) in Germany.

From July 1, 2025 to February 1, 2026, EU countries imported just under 1.04 million tons of sunflower oil, compared with 1.28 million tons during the same period a year earlier, according to a report released on February 12. Of that volume, Ukraine supplied 950,000 tons of sunflower oil to the EU.

February 2026 did not deliver a headline regulatory shock in Brussels. It delivered something more consequential for the medium term — a visible change in how the EU is thinking about agriculture itself. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is no longer being treated primarily as a stable, self-contained support system. It is increasingly being handled as part of a wider political equation that includes budget pressure, social sensitivity, strategic autonomy, and enlargement. 

The United States plans to increase import tariffs for certain countries to 15% or higher, according to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Speaking to FOX Business, Greer indicated that while a 10% baseline tariff is currently in place, duties for some trading partners will soon rise to 15%, with the possibility of even higher rates for others.

According to monthly data from the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) released Tuesday, U.S. soybean crushing volume in January reached a record high for the first month of the year, and soybean oil stocks rose to their highest level since April 2023.