Sunflower oil
1,390US$/t▼ 6.3% vs Aug 2026
Latest observation Sept 2026
- Latest
- 1,390
- Change
- +140.5%
- Year on year
- +5.9%
- High
- 2,361 Mar 2022
- Low
- 543 Aug 2003
- Average
- 1,028
- Volatility
- 23.1%
Sunflower oil is 1,390 US$/t (Sept 2026), 140.5% higher than in Feb 2002. Over the last year: +5.9%.
What is this?
The world market price of sunflower oil (US$/t).
Another imported cooking oil.
How to read it
Higher means the commodity sells for more on world markets.
Unit: US$/t.
Measure: Global benchmark price.
What does the data say?
Sunflower oil is 1,390 US$/t (Sept 2026), 140.5% higher than in Feb 2002. Over the last year: +5.9%.
Over all 291 observations since Feb 2002, the highest was 2,361 (Mar 2022) and the lowest 543 (Aug 2003).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Affects local prices only where Mozambique imports the product.
- Businesses: Exporters earn more when world prices rise; importers pay more.
- Government: Royalties and export taxes move with world prices.
- Investors: Commodity exposure of Mozambique's exports.
- Mobile money: Indirect; mainly through incomes in producing regions.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 291 (Feb 2002 – Sept 2026)
- Source published
- 2026-10-02
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Monthly average in nominal US dollars. Column "Sunflower oil" ($/mt).
- Limitations
- A world market price, not the price Mozambican producers or exporters actually receive, nor the export unit value in customs data.
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