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FEATURE

ROMANIAN INVESTMENT
Swiss company has long-term strategy to build exports from the region
by Chris Lyddon
Swiss-based
grain and
fertilizer trader
Ameropa has
invested heavily
in Romania in
recent years.
Photo courtesy
of Ameropa.

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wiss-based grain and fertilizer trader Ameropa
has made a huge investment in the Romanian
port of Constanta and in Romanian agriculture.
Its most recent investment in the Chimpex terminal
at Constanta opened in June 2017 and demonstrates a
long-term strategy to build exports from the region.
The new terminal adds 200,000 tonnes to the existing 300,000 tonnes of storage capacity and can load
at 1,600 tonnes an hour. The berth is 2.1 kilometers
long and can handle up to 10 vessels at a time. Its draft
allows for Panamax vessels. It's part of a Romanian
operation that employs some 1,900 people and serves
1,800 fertilizer customers and 2,650 grain origination
partners. In 2017, Ameropa bought around 3.1 million
tonnes of grain and oilseeds through 19 silo and warehouse locations in Romania.
In an interview with World Grain, Cédric Mayor,
Ameropa's chief trader, and Sébastien Henry,
Ameropa's head of Black Sea Wheat, explained the
thinking behind the company's Romanian expansion.

"A broader view is that in the past 20 or 25 years
the center of the world grain market has clearly shifted
east from the U.S.," Mayor said. "If U.S. wheat, for instance, represented more than 30% of the world wheat
trade 20 years ago, it lately stands for 15% maximum.
On the contrary, wheat exports from the Black Sea, unknown 20 years ago, now represent 30% of the trade.
"At that time, you were looking at the supply and demand in the U.S. and at the prices in Chicago. Chicago
was clearly setting the trend for the world grain market. Today this has clearly shifted east to the Black Sea.
Whatever the Black Sea is doing will set the tone. If
Russia has a huge crop, the markets will be bearish. If
Russia is short of grains, the markets will be bullish.
For us, this is why it is quite exciting to be a major
player in the Black Sea."
HUGE POTENTIAL
Romania is an E.U. country, but it's part of the Black Sea.
"Its prices are similar to prices in Ukraine, Russia,"
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Contents
FROM THE EDITOR - China seeking big return on Brazil investment
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
IPPE 2019 to bring together meat, poultry, egg and feed industries
News review - LDC opens oilseeds processing facility in China
Trade war leads to lower grain imports in China
COCERAL revises E.U. crop forecast downward
Sorghum and sunflower joint venture formed in South Africa
Evonik sponsors new feed mill at university in Vietnam
Cargill continues expansion into Poland with new acquisition
BIOMIN breaks ground on Austrian feed facility
USDA issues bearish report for wheat and corn
Ukraine raises grain production, export forecast
Canadian wheat crop down 3.3% from 2017
Nibulon achieves grain export record
Dangote introduces new flour brand
CBH director will not seek re-election
Zimbabwe millers halt operations due to wheat shortage
Paterson Grain debuts newly remodeled terminal
St. Lawrence Seaway grain shipments top 1 million tonnes
GRAIN MARKET REVIEW - Rice
COUNTRY FOCUS - Malaysia
FEATURE: BREXIT UNCERTAINTY FOR U.K. MILLING INDUSTRY
FEATURE: EMERALD GRAIN CEO TALKS TRANSFORMATION
FEATURE: SOUFFLET BOOSTS EXPORTING ABILITY
FEATURE: SHIP LOADERS AND UNLOADERS UPGRADING, UPDATING
FEATURE: BRAZIL’S WATERWAY GRAIN TRANSPORT ON THE RISE
FEATURE: AMEROPA’S ROMANIAN INVESTMENT
FEATURE: WORLD FLOUR TRADE INCHES HIGHER
FEATURE: AGIC ATTENDEES CONCERNED ABOUT DROUGHT
FEED OPERATIONS - Feed mill design: RECEIVING SYSTEMS
FEATURE: SEEKING GREATER VISIBILITY
SUPPLIER NEWS
PRODUCT SHOWCASE
WORLD GRAIN ARCHIVE
ADVERTISER INDEX
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World Grain - October 2018 - Contents
World Grain - October 2018 - FROM THE EDITOR - China seeking big return on Brazil investment
World Grain - October 2018 - 7
World Grain - October 2018 - IPPE 2019 to bring together meat, poultry, egg and feed industries
World Grain - October 2018 - 9
World Grain - October 2018 - COCERAL revises E.U. crop forecast downward
World Grain - October 2018 - Sorghum and sunflower joint venture formed in South Africa
World Grain - October 2018 - Cargill continues expansion into Poland with new acquisition
World Grain - October 2018 - BIOMIN breaks ground on Austrian feed facility
World Grain - October 2018 - Ukraine raises grain production, export forecast
World Grain - October 2018 - Canadian wheat crop down 3.3% from 2017
World Grain - October 2018 - Zimbabwe millers halt operations due to wheat shortage
World Grain - October 2018 - St. Lawrence Seaway grain shipments top 1 million tonnes
World Grain - October 2018 - GRAIN MARKET REVIEW - Rice
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World Grain - October 2018 - COUNTRY FOCUS - Malaysia
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: BREXIT UNCERTAINTY FOR U.K. MILLING INDUSTRY
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: EMERALD GRAIN CEO TALKS TRANSFORMATION
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: SOUFFLET BOOSTS EXPORTING ABILITY
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: SHIP LOADERS AND UNLOADERS UPGRADING, UPDATING
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: BRAZIL’S WATERWAY GRAIN TRANSPORT ON THE RISE
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: AMEROPA’S ROMANIAN INVESTMENT
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: WORLD FLOUR TRADE INCHES HIGHER
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: AGIC ATTENDEES CONCERNED ABOUT DROUGHT
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World Grain - October 2018 - FEED OPERATIONS - Feed mill design: RECEIVING SYSTEMS
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World Grain - October 2018 - 75
World Grain - October 2018 - FEATURE: SEEKING GREATER VISIBILITY
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World Grain - October 2018 - SUPPLIER NEWS
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World Grain - October 2018 - PRODUCT SHOWCASE
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