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Oil Seeds & Vegetable Oils
Sell offers and buy requests for Oil Seeds & Vegetable Oils, posted by companies and agreed directly between them.
About Oil Seeds & Vegetable Oils trade
Oil seeds and vegetable oils include soybeans, sunflower seeds, rapeseed or canola, palm oil, sunflower oil and related meals. Crushers, refiners, food makers and biofuel producers buy the seeds and the crude oils; traders move large volumes between producing regions in South America, Southeast Asia, the Black Sea and North America and the big importing countries.
Products
Soybeans · Sunflower Seeds · Rapeseed / Canola · Vegetable Oils · Palm Oil · Sunflower Oil
Bulk Oil Seeds & Vegetable Oils offers: FOB, CFR and CIF terms available
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Country guides: Soybean exporters · Palm oil suppliers
Who trades Oil Seeds & Vegetable Oils in the world
Looking at the 6 products of this group together, the largest exporting countries in 2024 were Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, and the largest importing countries were China, India, United States, Netherlands. Open a product to see the figures for that product alone.
| Top exporting countries | Trade value |
|---|---|
| Brazil | USD 43.5 billion |
| Indonesia | USD 42.5 billion |
| Malaysia | USD 29.8 billion |
| United States | USD 24.7 billion |
| Ukraine | USD 14.1 billion |
| Canada | USD 11.2 billion |
| Top importing countries | Trade value |
|---|---|
| China | USD 60.9 billion |
| India | USD 27.2 billion |
| United States | USD 8.3 billion |
| Netherlands | USD 7.7 billion |
| Pakistan | USD 6.2 billion |
| Spain | USD 5.5 billion |
Source: OEC (BACI/CEPII), 2024. Sums of the main trading countries of each product in the group; by every mode of transport, not only by sea.
How Oil Seeds & Vegetable Oils is shipped
Oil seeds and meals travel loose in bulk carriers. Crude and refined vegetable oils travel in tankers, mostly in coated tanks that keep the oil clean, and sometimes in flexitanks inside containers for small lots. Palm oil may need heated tanks because it solidifies at lower temperatures.
What buyers and sellers compare
Buyers compare oil content, free fatty acid and moisture for seeds, and acidity, colour and impurities for oils. Sustainability certification is increasingly asked for palm oil. Contract terms include the origin, the loading period, the cargo size and the inspection company.
When the terms are agreed, you can explore suitable vessels on Shipfixing.
Questions about Oil Seeds & Vegetable Oils
How is palm oil transported?
In tankers with clean, often coated tanks and heating coils, because palm oil becomes solid at lower temperatures. Small lots can travel in flexitanks inside containers.
Why is a certificate of quality important for vegetable oils?
Oils are sensitive to contamination and to quality loss during the voyage, so the buyer usually checks a sample at loading and again at discharge.