"Grain Processors Forum - 2018", Odessa, Ukraine
DATE
Sep 28, 2018

The largest event of the grain processing industry of Ukraine — the annual specialized conference "Grain Processors Forum - 2018" was held in Odessa on September 28-29. According to participants, in the current year the conference reached a really new level and acquired its special flair.

The Union "Millers of Ukraine" in cooperation with the magazine "Grain storage and processing" became the conference organizers. The event was held under support of the IFC, FAO, EBRD. In addition, in the current year the Southeast Flour Industrialists Association (Güneydoğu Un Sanayicileri Derneği — GUSAD) and the Association of Anatolian Flour Industrialists (Anadolu Un Sanayicileri Derneği — AUSD) became the partners of the Forum. APK-Inform Agency was the General information partner.

 

In 2018, "Grain Processors Forum - 2018" gathered together more than 250 delegates from 8 countries. Almost all leading players of the grain processing industry of Ukraine participated in the event, including Stolichny mlyn LLC, Vinnytsia bread factory #2, PJSC State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU), MOVER MILL, Skvyrskyi grain processing factory Ltd., Zernari, Volyn-Zerno-Product, BilotserkivKhliboProduct, TH Novaagro, Agro-Yug-Service, and many others. In addition, a representative delegation from Turkey visited the Forum. The delegation included representatives of more than 100 companies-importers and processors of grains — Angoram, Besler Gida, Doruk Un, Ulas Gida, Tiriyaki Agro, etc.

 

  

 

 

Turkey is the major exporter on the global flour market, and Turkish companies-producers have long-term contracts, which require purchases of raw materials. At the same time, in terms of the record devaluation rates of the national currency of Turkey (TRY), it is more appropriate for the country to increase the exports and decrease the import figures. In the current trends of the global grain market, the further cooperation with Ukraine is of special for Turkey. So, in 2018/19 MY Ukraine is forecasted to increase the exports of wheat to Turkey, which will push back Russia in the reporting market segment, due to the Turkish plans to diversify the grain foreign supplies.

The Forum provides the good opportunity for direct negotiating and understanding of the situation by Ukrainian and Turkish companies. Therefore, in the current year "Grain Processors Forum - 2018" became such platform for dialogue between the parties.

  

 

So, Rodion Rybchinskiy, Head of the Union "Millers of Ukraine" opened the event. On behalf of the organizers, he thanked all guests, partners and sponsors of the Forum for their interest in the event, and called for the active discussion of the current situation and forecasts for the further development of the flour industry, as well as sharing experiences between the leading exporters of flour on the global market, such as Turkey, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. According to him, the tendency to increase the export volumes of flour has developed in Ukraine for 5 recent years. In 2017/18 MY, the country increased the exports of flour products by 10%. The trend will continue keeping in Ukraine and stimulate the further development of the industry. Ukrainian grain processors have to reach the figures, which Turkey demonstrates in the foreign supplies of flour.

 

 

Also, Olena Kovalova, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; Ferhat Çolak, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; Erhan Özmen, Southeast Flour Industrialists Association (GUSAD); Ali İhsan Özkaşıkçı, Association of Anatolian Flour Industrialists (AUSD) & Emek Flour Ci̇han Soyalp; as well as Cihan Soyalp, Director of purchasing and conservation department at the Turkish Grain Board (TMO); Dmitry Prikhodko, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Eugen Osmochescu, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), made their welcoming speeches.

 

 

 

The condition and prospects of the global flour market became one of the key topics of the Forum. The Economist at the FAO Investment Centre, Dmitry Prikhodko reported about estimations and forecasts of the global market of flour, which since 2000 already increased by 74% in physical terms, and in 2017 the figures reached 15.5 mln tonnes, which in monetary terms totaled 200 bln USD. At the same time, the FAO experts forecasted that by 2022 capacities of the global flour market will rise to 250-270 bln USD.

 

 

The leading experts of the Turkish delegation shared their experience in wheat flour trading on the global market. In particular, Mesut Cakmak, CEO at BESLER Group (Gaziantep, Turkey), focused on the features of flour exports to the Middle East; and Gursel Erbap, CEO at Doruk Flour (İstanbul, Turkey), reported about the supplies to the Far East.

 

 

 

 

 

Also, in the current year representatives of the Kazakh market of grains and by-products, including organic ones, showed high interest in the event. The President of the Union of Grain Processors and Bakers of Kazakhstan, Evgeny Gan reported about the role of Kazakhstan on the global market of flour and the features of its work.

 

 

Also, the Director of Production operations department at Agrarian Fund PJSC, Sergei Sakirkin reported about the Ukrainian market of grain and flour products. While the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Olena Kovalovafocused on the fact that the Ukrainian grain market is rapidly changing under the influence of various global trends.

 

  

 

 

 

 

In his speech, the Grain market analyst at APK-Inform Agency, Andrei Kupchenko focused on the market trends of flour and groats, and reported about the situation and prospects of the market segment. Also, APK-Inform analyst, Tatyana Druz reported about the prospects of production and exports of organic flour and groats. According to her, the population has the deficit of information about "organic" products and their advantages, which is the main problem in sales of organic flour and groats in Ukraine. As a result, Ukraine mainly exports organic grain by-products — the share of foreign supplies totals nearly 90% of the production.

 

 

 

 

The Technical & Claims Questions manager at SGS Ukraine, Oleg Onischenko made one of the last reports in the conference day, and focused on the quality of Ukrainian grain of the harvest-2018.

According to the expert, in the current year the average moisture content in harvested grain volumes in Ukraine increased by nearly 0.7% compared with last year. Also, the share of sprouted grains increased. In addition, in the current year there were also problems with bug-ridden grains. According to O.Onischenko, the share of grains with the damages of less than 1% totaled nearly 73.7%. It was not the critical figures, but still rather significant. Grain producers need to make additional treatment works, which provides certain additional costs.

 

 

On the second day of the Forum, there was scheduled the training course on the exports of grain by-products by the FAO (UN) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), under support of the EU4Business initiative.

 

 

Within frames of the training, participants heard the reports of the Economist at the FAO Investment Centre, Dmitry Prikhodko, and the International consultant at the FAO Investment Centre, market analyst, Oleksandr Sikachyna about looking for niches for grain by-products, the global trends in trading and consumption of grain by-products, as well as the most prospective grain by-products.

 

 

Oleg Onischenko reported about the quality of the export batches of wheat flour, in accordance with the statistics of SGS Ukraine. In turn, the Logistics and trade expert, Global Foods Trading Inc., USA, Vladimir Kalashlinskiy focused on the issue of the export logistics of grain by-products, and stressed such potential markets as Asia and Africa.

After completion of the course, all participants received the certificates.

 

 

 

Summing up the results of "Grain Processors Forum - 2018", we would like to focus on the fact that in Ukraine the agricultural sector is the key one in formation of the national economy, providing 42% of the export revenues to the budget of Ukraine, and the grain sector is crucial one in the issue.

In turn, APK-Inform Agency is ready to continue providing the platform to the leading experts of the industry to discuss the most pressing issues and find opportunities for their solution, including through sharing the experience with the global scale leaders.

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