01.21.2015

Nidera, the trader controlled by China’s COFCO, buys, sells and exports 1 million tons of Romanian grain and oilseeds per season, according with market data. The volume is handled with just 30 more

01.16.2015

Each of the 5.3 million hectares allocated to grain crops last year generated EUR717 in revenue on average for farmers, which puts Romania on the 17th place out of 25 grain producers in the EU in more

12.19.2014

Chinese-held grain trader Nidera, one of the ten largest operating in Romania, has completed takeover of United Shipping Agency (USA), the owner of the biggest grain export terminal in the port of more

11.14.2014

Romanian farmers harvested 25.1 million tons of grain and oilseeds this summer and autumn, one of the best harvests ever. This was not because of radical changes in this sector but because of an more

11.12.2014

Austria’s trader RWA Raiffeisen Ware, which has recently entered Romania’s grain trade field, will make a first stop in the region of Banat, where the company plans to acquire silos and grain more

11.11.2014

Austrian trader RWA Raiffeisen Ware entered Romania’s grain trade field and plans to also set up a business in the field of fertilizer, pesticide and seed wholesale. more

10.31.2014

Cerealcom Dolj, the company owned by Romanian entrepreneur Mihai Anghel, won seven international auctions organized by the government of Jordan to export 250,000 tons of wheat and another 100,000 tons more

10.22.2014

The appetite of Egyptians for the wheat or of Saudis for the barley harvested in Romania makes the country’s grain exports a thorn in the side of the European grain export leaders France and more

10.20.2014

Romania’s agri-food exports have increased seven-fold in the past decade and saw a surplus in 2013 for the first time in twenty years, but the country’s position on the international market more

09.26.2014

Romanian economy would benefit from value added if agriculture focused more on grain processing, Constantin Bratu, general manager of Romanian Brewers Association, stated Friday. more

08.29.2014

U.S. freight trader Cargill and Transport Trade Services (TTS), a company owned by Romanian entrepreneurs, completed a EUR15 million project to double the storage capacity of Canopus Star grain more

08.27.2014

Constanta harbor operators are readying investments in grain terminals and warehouses, as they expect agricultural product exports to rise, and also in a move to diversify beyond industrial raw more

08.20.2014

Grain and oilseeds traders exported 2.6 million tons through the Constanta harbor in July, a record high for the month in eight years. more

08.18.2014

Agricola Bacau, one of the four largest meat-processing businesses in Romania, is taking the first steps towards grain farming by working more than 2,000 hectares of farmland. more

08.06.2014

Grain trader Nidera, held by China’s COFCO, will take over 51% in harbor operator United Shipping Agency, owned by Romanian entrepreneurs Catalin Trandafir and Mihai Felescu. more

06.09.2014

Alfred Toepfer (US), Cargill (US), Ameropa (Switzerland), Glencore (Switzerland), CHS (US), Bunge (US), Nidera (China) and three more companies are calling the shots on the Romanian grain trading more

04.25.2014

Agribusiness company Biochem, controlled by Chimisliu family, acquired a 44,000-ton grain storage capacity in Dragalina, Calarasi county, from Piraeus Bank. The capacity had come to be owned by the more

02.28.2014

COFCO Corporation, China’s biggest agricultural raw material trader, a state-owned company, acquired 51% in stock of Dutch group Nidera, a company with a strong position in Romania's assets. more

02.17.2014

Last year’s gross domestic product growth of 3.5% was helped by the 10% rise in exports, which was fueled by Ford, with an estimated increase of EUR1.5 billion on 2012, and the grain traders, which more

01.10.2014

The farming sector contributed EUR18.5 billion to Romania’s economy last year, an all-time high and 28% more than in 2012, according to the latest Eurostat data. more

01.09.2014

Mihai Anghel, owner of agribusiness group Cerealcom, says he wants it to become the first Romanian producer to compete with international traders on equal footing in international grain tenders. more

12.31.2013

2013 was a roller-coaster ride for companies in the Romanian agri-business sector. more

11.14.2013

Grain traders exported 736,000 tons of Romanian wheat in August alone, which means they shipped 9.6% of the current harvest abroad. more

10.07.2013

Estimates regarding Romania’s grain production in 2013 have been revised up 10% in October to about 19.1 million tons, close to the record levels registered in 2004, 2005 and 2011, according to a more

08.22.2013

Romania’s antitrust authority said Thursday it carried out checkups at ten grain traders in an investigation concerning possible anti-competitive practices. more