EuroGrainExchange 2025 gathers industry leaders to tackle grain trade, market challenges
The two-day event served as a strategic platform for grain producers, traders, processors, and policymakers to exchange insights and updates on wheat, corn, barley, rapeseed, and sunflower markets.
ROMANIA – EuroGrainExchange 2025, a premier spring summit offering a unique perspective on the European grain landscape, recently gathered industry leaders to focus on market forecasts, trade developments, and policy updates across key crops including wheat, corn, barley, rapeseed, and sunflower.
The two-day event, held April 10–11 in Bucharest, attracted over 700 participants from Eastern Europe, the Black Sea region, the Balkans, and Central Asia, serving as a critical platform for producers, traders, processors, and policymakers to share insights and assess regional and global grain market dynamics.
The annual industry event focused on regional and international grain and oilseed trade, highlighting pressing market dynamics, evolving trade flows, and agricultural policy challenges shaping the cereals and oilseeds sectors.
Eastern Europe as a Strategic Grain Corridor
In a highly attended opening panel moderated by Florin Constantin of Agxecutive Romania, industry representatives from Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Poland, and Ukraine outlined the role of Eastern Europe as a food supply base for international markets.
Tamás Vincze of East Grain emphasized Hungary’s interconnectedness with Romania, particularly through cross-border rail and river logistics. Asen Georgiev of Grainstore from Bulgaria highlighted local supply chain constraints and production estimates for the 2025 harvest season.
Serbian trader Aleksandar Lalic of Agricom Company Group described how multimodal grain transport, via trucks, trains, and barges, is becoming critical in a region heavily reliant on export corridors.
Norbert Sztolc of Polish Agro pointed to Poland’s increasing relevance as a logistics hub for northern and eastern European flows, while Christina Serebriakova of ASAP Agri reviewed Ukraine’s shifting export routes as the country adjusts to war-disrupted infrastructure and tighter access to Black Sea ports.
Buyer Markets Spotlight
A second panel, led by Petar Dimitrov of Agricore Bulgaria, provided insights from key buyers across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Güneş Birgen of Turkish trader Rotel confirmed Turkey’s leading position as the largest importer of grains and oilseeds from the Black Sea. Zlatomir Kovachev of Cargill Spain provided an analysis of the Iberian Peninsula as a competitive market for global grain exporters, while Mahmoud Kalila of Mediterraneo Trading reviewed Egypt’s ongoing efforts to stabilize wheat procurement amid economic reforms and global supply chain pressures.
These perspectives helped exporters assess buyer risk profiles and identify emerging opportunities, particularly in light of rising freight costs and political instability in key origin countries.
Day two of EuroGrainExchange 2025 shifted focus to macroeconomic factors and policy updates influencing grain flows in the region.
Florin Bratucu of COFCO Romania discussed the Danube’s increasing importance as a logistics corridor amid constrained Black Sea port access. Victoria Golubyatnikova of SGS outlined how quality testing and risk assessments are evolving in line with growing climate-related crop variability.
Jade Delafraye of Argus France highlighted the transformation of Black Sea grain pricing benchmarks and stressed the importance of transparency in forward pricing and index-linked contracts. Cristina Cionga, representing the Romanian Association of Food Producers (FAPPR), gave an update on the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), touching on potential expansion scenarios to include Ukraine and other Western Balkan countries in future agri-finance structures.
Building Regional Trade Partnerships
The event 2025 also prioritized networking and matchmaking opportunities, enabling delegates to explore partnerships, investment opportunities, and trading agreements.
Exhibitors included input suppliers, agtech platforms, and service providers offering logistics, risk management, and traceability solutions.
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