2026/04/29
Vietnam Launches New Soybean Crushing Line to Expand Capacity and Increase Imports
According to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Vietnam has expanded its soybean crushing capacity by commissioning two new production lines in the northern and southern regions of the country.
2026/04/21
China has banned imports of rapeseed oil from eight Russian companies due to GMO contamination.
According to a report by Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Olga Zakharova, Head of the Department for Phytosanitary and Land Supervision, Quality Control, and Food Security at the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation, announced at the Oil and Fat Congress that in March 2026, China’s General Administration of Customs imposed a ban on imports of rapeseed oil from eight Russian enterprises.
2026/04/09
Turkish company Tiryaki Agro is set to build a large-scale oil refinery in northern Kazakhstan. According to APK News, citing the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the international agricultural holding is implementing a major investment project in the Kyzylzhar Special Economic Zone.
2026/04/01
Brazil’s Soybean Production and Exports to Reach Record Highs
Brazil is expected to set new records for soybean production and exports in the 2026–27 marketing year, marking the third consecutive year of record highs.
2026/03/27
According to a report by the Kazakh International News Agency on the 9th, in 2025 Kazakhstan’s exports of oil and fat products to China reached 440,000 tonnes, a year-on-year increase of 44%, with export revenues totaling US$312 million. Among China’s import sources for sunflower oil, Kazakhstan’s market share has risen to 36%, placing it second.
2026/03/19
India Cancels Soybean Oil Orders, Including Those from Russia
According to Bloomberg, India has begun canceling soybean oil import orders due to a sharp price increase compared with alternative oils.
2026/03/13
High prices and expanding processing capacity are transforming Ukraine’s oilseed market.
Ukraine is about to enter the spring planting season, and oilseed crops remain one of the most attractive crop categories for farmers. According to UkrAgroConsult, planting decisions for the 2026/27 marketing year are increasingly driven by anticipated profits and processing demand.
2026/03/04
A 3,000-ton-per-day oil extraction plant will be built in northern Kazakhstan.
According to APK News, Sodruzhestvo, a Russian multinational agro-industrial group headquartered in Luxembourg, through its Kazakhstan branch (Sodruzhestvo Kazakhstan), will invest 150 million U.S. dollars (76 billion tenge) in Kokshetau, the capital of Akmola Region, to build the region’s largest oilseed processing plant.
2026/02/24
Cargill is using solar energy to power its soybean crushing plant in Australia.
Newcastle (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)—Cargill has launched its first large-scale renewable energy project in Australia, installing a 2.58-megawatt solar power system at its Newcastle mill in Australia. This independently built and wholly owned solar power facility is the only renewable energy asset in Australia operated by a bulk materials handling and oilseed processing company.
2026/02/10
Malaysia’s palm oil industry ushers in a new chapter.
Malaysia’s palm oil production accounts for nearly a quarter of the global total, making the palm oil industry crucial both to its own economy and to the global market. Yet for decades, the palm oil industry has been mired in controversy, with ongoing criticism over issues such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, labor exploitation, and massive carbon emissions. However, this situation is undergoing a transformation. In recent years, driven jointly by increasingly stringent domestic and international regulations and commitments made by industry players themselves, Malaysia’s palm oil sector has undergone transformative changes. These internal and external pressures are fundamentally reshaping the way palm oil is grown, traded, and consumed in Malaysia—moving it far away from previous practices.
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