EU soybean imports declined – US remains main supplier

Soybeans are the most important oilseed crop imported into the European Union, ahead of rapeseed.
Between July 2025 and mid-March 2026, the EU imported the lowest soybean volume in three years.
According to data from the European Commission, the European Union purchased just over 8.7 million tonnes of soybeans between 1 July 2025 and 15 March 2026, representing a drop of around 1.1 million tonnes compared to the same period in the 2024/25 season.
The US and Brazil remain the most important supplier countries, although neither matched the previous year’s volumes.
At 4.1 million tonnes, the EU received a significantly lower volume of soybeans from the US in the first eight and a half months of the current season compared to the year-earlier period (5.2 million tonnes).
Consequently, the US share of total imports fell to approximately 47%. Soybean shipments from Brazil, the second-largest supplier to the European market, dropped 2% to approximately 2.7 million tonnes, accounting for just over 32% of total imports.
During the same period, soybean imports from Ukraine into the EU declined roughly 19%, falling to 905,900 tonnes.
In contrast, deliveries from Canada increased notably, reaching 831,000 tonnes. This translates to a rise of roughly 58% compared to the reference period of 2024/25.
Argentina did not deliver any significant tonnages the previous year but, according to analysis by Agrarmarkt Informations‑Gesellschaft mbH (AMI), supplied around 50,100 tonnes to the EU market this year.