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Sunflower oil, Ukraine & Russia
Kropyvnytskyï, Ukraine48.50°N 32.26°E
computed criticality17/100
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Ukraine + Russia ~half of production and most of world sunflower-oil exports
2023Fault line
The Black Sea sunflower fields supply most of the oil exported worldwide. The war in Ukraine brutally exposed this dependence, drying up supply and sending edible-oil prices soaring.
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Ukrainian & Russian growers
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