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«Baltic Grain 2019»

International conference

04 October 2019
St. Petersburg, Russia
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On the 4th of October in Saint-Petersburg I international conference “Baltic Grain 2019” was held. More than 130 delegates from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Great Britain and Switzerland took part in the event. The conference was sponsored by a Finnish company Suomen Viljava.

The relevance of the conference is since the Baltic region is an important grain supplier. Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania are among the top 25 grain exporters in the world. Baltic Sea ports are interesting for Russia. So far, grain shipments volume is quite modest, but the dynamics is quite significant. Thus, in 2017/2018 agricultural year, the volume of grain rail transportation from Russia to the Baltic ports increased more than twice - up to 1.6 million tons. Russian Baltic ports increased transshipment from 882 thousand tons to 971 thousand tons.

Russia has increased the grain export by 55.5% since 2014. At the same time in 2018 many Baltic states had shown significant decrease of wheat export sales: Germany (-62,2% decrease), Poland (-50,6% decrease), Lithuania (-41,7% decrease).

The record harvests and high demand for Russian grain combination displaces previously traditional suppliers such as the United States, Europe and Australia. Russia is actively entering new markets in South and Central America. The largest value is the export of Russian wheat to Mexico - up to 700 thousand tons per year (more than 10% of import). In Nicaragua, the share of Russian grain is 50-80%; Russia also provides up to half of Haiti's imports. In 2017 deliveries to Venezuela started - and immediately took 25% of the market. The second most important export destination for Russian wheat in 2017 was Tropical Africa. In Sudan, Tanzania, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Russian grain accounts for more than half of import, in South Africa, Cameroon, Mozambique, Senegal, Ghana, Uganda, DR Congo - from 1/3 to 1/2, in Nigeria, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Malawi — from 1/5 to 1/3. There are also small deliveries to North-Western Europe which have been growing for three years in a row: in Netherlands (the share of Russian grain in import is 2%), the UK (3%), Norway (14%).

It is more convenient to send significant volumes of exports in these areas through the Baltic Sea ports. But Russia does not have specialized grain terminals in this region (except for Kaliningrad). Given that shipments to East Africa and Central America may grow three times soon the lack of port capacity may become a serious obstacle on this path.

The appearance of new grain terminals in the Russian Baltic potentially can give an impetus to the development of the entire grain complex of the country.

During the “Baltic Grain 2019” conference the topic of grain cargoes logistics became one of the keys. There were also reports on the following topics:
  • grain and oilseeds world and Baltic market: main results and forecasts for 2019/2020;
  • investment plans for grain terminals construction;
  • state of the freight market in the Baltic, Black and Azov seas.
The target audience of the conference: Russian and Kazakh key grains and oilseeds exporters, importers of grains, legumes and oilseeds from EU countries, the world grain market experts as well as logistics companies and seaports representatives.

Speakers of conference «Baltic Grain 2019»

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Sergeev Andrey

Director
Economic development agency of Leningrad region report
Logistics projects investments support in Leningrad region
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Panferova Natalia

Head of information and analytical department
Centre for Grain Safety and Quality Assessment Agricultural Supervision of Russia report
Russian grain exports to new markets prospects
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Kamenir Nikita

Manager
SZTY Roszeldor report
Long-term prospects of railway infrastructure development on the approaches to the Baltic sea ports
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Blazhko Victoria

Grain markets analyst
Agritel report
Nothern Europe and Baltic countries market: grains season 2019/2020 prospects
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Solomin Sergey

Head of Territorial administration in Saint-Petersburg
Russian Export Center report
State measures to support the creation of export-oriented infrastructure projects within the framework of the Federal project «Export of agricultural products»
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Sukhanov Oleg

Head of grain direction
The Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) report
Medium-term forecast for grain exports from Russia and Kazakhstan. Key trends and future directions
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Boris Turkin

Commodities Analyst
International Grains Council (IGC) report
Grain market: challenges of the season-2018/19, expectations for 2019/20
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Malysh Svetlana

Analyst of agrarian markets of the Black Sea region
Refinitiv / Thomson Reuters report
Export opportunities of Russia and Ukraine in the grain sector: expert′s view
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Pavenskiy Igor

Strategic marketing department director
«Rusagrotrans» report
Problems and ways of development of agro-logistics in the Baltic region
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Gopkalo Olga

Leading specialist
Morstroytechnology report
Trends and problems of infrastructure development for grain export in Russia
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Kulikov Alexander

CEO
SEA LINES report
Freight market conditions in the Baltic, Black-Azov and Caspian basins
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Bardin Mikhail

Head of Department
Yu. A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology report
Climate change and state in Russia and neighboring countries overview

Agenda Conferences



09.00-10.00 – participants registration

I session.

Welcome speech by Balan Sergey, President of the National Association of agricultural exporters
  • Russian grain exports to new markets prospects
  • Koroleva Julia, Director\ Federal State-Funded Institution «Federal Centre of Quality and Safety Assurance for Grain and Grain products»
  • State measures to support the creation of export-oriented infrastructure projects within the framework of the Federal project "Export of agricultural products"
  • Tsargush Ruslan, director of agro-industrial complex export support\ Russian export center
  • Grain market: challenges of the season-2018/19, expectations for 2019/20
  • Boris Turkin, Commodities Analyst\ International Grains Council (IGC)

11.30-12.00 – coffee-break

II session.

  • Medium-term forecast for grain exports from Russia and Kazakhstan. Key trends and future directions
  • Sukhanov Oleg, head of grain direction\ The Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR)
  • Export opportunities of Russia and Ukraine in the grain sector: expert's view
  • Malysh Svetlana, analyst of agrarian markets of the Black Sea region \ Refinitiv
  • Nothern Europe and Baltic countries market: grains season 2019/2020 prospects
  • Blazhko Victoria, grain markets analyst\Agritel
  • Possibilities of export of grain cargoes from Russia and Kazakhstan through ports of Finland
  • Yarvilekhto Pasi, sales and marketing in Russia director\Suomen Viljava

13.00-14.00 lunch

III session

  • logistics projects investments support in Leningrad region
  • Sergeev Andrey, director\ Economic development agency of Leningrad region
  • Long-term prospects of railway infrastructure development on the approaches to the Baltic sea ports
  • Kamenir Nikita, Executive\ North-Western department of FA "Rosheldor"
  • Problems and ways of development of agro-logistics in the Baltic region
  • Pavenskiy Igor, strategic marketing department director\ Rusagrotrans
  • Trends of infrastructure development for grain export in Russia
  • Gopkalo Olga, leading specialist\ Morstroytechnology

15.30-16.00 coffee-break

IV session

  • Freight market conditions in the Baltic, Black-Azov and Caspian basins
  • Kulikov Alexander, CEO\ SEA LINES
  • ​​​​​​Logistics of end-to-end deliveries. Trends and prospects
  • Sviderskiy Boris, business development manager/Access World (Rotterdam) B.V.
  • Climate change and state in Russia and neighboring countries overview
  • Bardin Mikhail, Head of Department\ Yu. A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology
  • Global grain consumption in the long term /from Rome by video link/
  • Merkusheva Natalia, trading and markets division economist\ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

18.00-20.00 Dinner

Participants Conferences

Preliminary list of participants on 24.09.2019

Ports, terminals, managing companies

  • Novorossiysk Grain Terminal
  • Zhukov Vladislav, CEO
  • Kron Roman, Commercial Director
  • Novorossiysk Grain Plant
  • Moliboga Oleg, CEO
  • Koliev Konstantin, CEO advisor
  • Guev Denis, commercial director
  • Port Logistic
  • Kotlyar Svetlana, head of commercial department
  • PRIMORSK Multipurpose Reloading Complex
  • Ledyaev Yuri, deputy director for project financing
  • Sea Port Saint Petersburg
  • Head of marketing and contract work department
  • Terminal "Factor"
  • Makhonko Alexander, CEO
  • Universal trading terminal “Ust-Luga”
  • Zharkov Alexey, CEO

Traders & Exporters

  • Alvari-rus
  • Markin Denis, CEO
  • Pavlinov Vladimir, key account manager
  • Astagra (Kazakhstan)
  • Batalov Tair, director
  • Atameken-Agro (Kazakhstan)
  • Zhakupov Kuanysh, Head of Logistics Department
  • Cargill Russia
  • Elena Kruchkova, Supply Chain Leader CASC EMEA and Cargill Oil&Seeds EMEA
  • CM Biomass Partners AS (Denmark)
  • Palejs Didzis, trading department
  • Sprude Edijs, trading department
  • CM Tallinn (Estonia)
  • Burova Elena, brokagige department
  • Shapovalov Vitaly, logistics department
  • Contact North-West
  • Sopochkin Sergey, CEO
  • COFCO International RU
  • Yanchenko Yuri, commercial director
  • Mikhailovskaya Victoria, transport logistics manager
  • Goretskaya Ekaterina, logistics manager
  • Elagro Trade (Latvia)
  • Legzdins Olavs, chairman of the board
  • Barmin Roman, grain sales & logistics manager
  • Lipskis Aleksandrs, sales manager
  • Globex Grain
  • Grigoryants Alexander, commercial director
  • Klimentiev Vitaliy, head of logistics
  • Gruppa "Prodovolstvie"
  • Sidenko Evgeny, director
  • Nekrasova Natalia, sales director of grains and feed additives
  • Louis Dreyfus Vostok
  • Aliyev Ilya, Commercial Director
  • NMGK Group
  • Zelenkin Grigory, CEO
  • Zinoviev Igor, head of logistics and foreign economic activity department
  • Rusagro-Invest
  • Samoilov Dmitriy, senior logistics manager
  • Soufflet Group (France)
  • Nikitin Konstantin, director for East Europe countries
  • SM Partner
  • Nesterova Oksana, CEO
  • SINCO Trade
  • Malykhin Andrey, trader
  • TH "Pskovskiy karavay"
  • Smirnov Valeriy, leading export-manager
  • Uralzernoproduct
  • Kudryavtsev Grigory, executive director
  • ZITRON
  • Barinova Anastasia, CEO

Elevators and grain processing

  • Siberian bakery plant
  • Barinov Iliya, CEO
  • Sibirskiy Hleb
  • Miklukhin Pavel, managing director
  • Suomen Viljava (Finland)
  • Pasi Lahdetie, CEO
  • Pasi Yarvilekhto, Director, sales and marketing Russia

Brewing and malt companies

  • Brewing company "Baltika"
  • Dmitriev Alexander, head of railway transportations and service group
  • Carlsberg Eastern Europe
  • Vasilieva Alena, regional category manager
  • Malting plant Soufflet St. Petersburg
  • Skukovskaya Tatiana, CEO

Freight forwarding companies

  • Anson Logistics
  • Uspensky Artyom, freight broker
  • CASPIAN LOGISTIC SOLUTIONS (Kazakhstan)
  • Bekkulov Andrey, director
  • ESTMA (Latvia)
  • Kireya Anton, director
  • Kostritskiy Sergey, head of agency department
  • Lyubar Yuriy, sales manager
  • ESTMA SPB
  • Lukin Nikolay, General Director
  • Korotkov Vladislav, specialist forwarding department
  • GRAND LOGISTICS
  • Grigoryev Andrey, general director
  • Stepanov George, executive director
  • HEADLINES shipping & forwarding
  • Korobkа Andrey, general manager
  • Poboyko Pavel, deputy general Manager
  • Kovalev Alexander, director of business development
  • NS Trans
  • Podluzhnyi Ivan, head of grain cargoes forwarding department
  • ТRANSLOGSERVICE SP. Z O.O. (Poland)
  • Frolov Gennady, CEO
  • Romanovskiy Igor, commercial director

Railway operators

  • Novotrans
  • Eri Esta, deputy CEO for strategic development
  • LG CARGO (Lithuania)
  • Dambrauskas Edvinas, project manager
  • Volungevičius Mindaugas, head of bulk cargo group
  • Logistics 1520
  • Baranov Andrey, Commercial Director
  • Goldovskaya Victoria, head of grain transportation department
  • Rail Cargo Logistics - RUS
  • Sharipov Ruslan, sales manager
  • Rusagrotrans
  • Akhamatdinova Larisa, agricultural cargoes sales department director
  • Sorokin Vitaly, marketing department analyst
  • RZD Logistics
  • Shlyapnikov Leonid, business development director

Freight brokers and shipping companies

  • European Bulk Services (E.B.S.) B.V. (Netherlands)
  • Brussé André, sales manager
  • Tromp Kevin, sales manager
  • Ingria Shipping
  • Verkhovetskiy Ilia, head of freight department
  • Emtsov Alexey, freight broker
  • Mortransservice
  • Fedosova Alina, head of chartering department
  • North-Western Shipping Company
  • Zharov Vyacheslav, freight activity leading specialist
  • Saveliev Andrey, freight activity leading specialist
  • SEA LINES
  • Kulikov Alexander, CEO
  • Gaidarzhy Ekaterina, freight manager

State structures

  • Agency for economic development of the Leningrad region
  • Sergeev Andrey, director
  • Federal State-Funded Institution “Federal Centre of Quality and Safety Assurance for Grain and Grain products”
  • Koroleva Yulia, director
  • North-Western territorial administration of the Federal agency of railway transport
  • Kamenik Nikita, manager
  • Kochegarov Sergey, head of infrastructure department
  • Russian Export Center
  • Solomin Sergey, director
  • Dokukin Yuri, exporters support project manager

Inspection Control and Survey Service

  • Cotecna Inspection (Vostok) LLC
  • Leschinskaya Yanina, Russia and Baltic director
  • Shimov Evgeniy, agro manager
  • CONTROL UNION
  • Basarukin Alexander, director St.Petersburg branch
  • SGS Vostok Limited
  • Dobry Maxim, agriculture, food and life business development manager

Informational-analytical agencies

  • Agritel International (Ukraine)
  • Viktoriia Blazhko, consultant-analyst
  • IKAR
  • Sukhanov Oleg, head of grain direction
  • Refinitiv (Ukraine)
  • Malysh Svetlana, analyst of agrarian markets of the Black Sea region

International organizations

  • FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation
  • Merkusheva Natalia, trade and markets department economist
  • International Grains Council (UK)
  • Turkin Boris, commodity market analyst

Science organizations

  • Yu. A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology
  • Bardin Mikhail, head of division IGCE

Project Institutes, engineering and construction companies

  • Morstroytechnology
  • Gopkalo Olga, leading specialist

Banks, insurance companies and consulting

  • Logistic Insurance Online
  • Didur Sergey, head of representation in Moscow
  • PwC
  • Vetrova Anna, senior consultant
  • SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance (Switzerland)
  • Medvedeva Daria, senior trade finance manager
  • VTB Capital
  • Leonov Evgeny, Senior Associate, IC&PF
  • Shalkov Ivan, Senior Associate, IC&PF

MEDIA

  • AgriCensus
  • Belikova Masha, grain market observer
  • Agroinvestor
  • Lychev Nikolay, editorial director
  • SeaNews
  • /2 delegates/

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