With the world’s population increasing, satisfying their nutritional requirements requires intensive networking between producers and traders, including across borders. GETREIDE AG requires around 1.2 million tonnes of raw materials per year for its rapeseed oil, meal and malt production facilities. Twice this volume is handled in our own terminals in the deepwater ports of Hamburg and Rostock – they are loaded on large vessels for export and domestic sales. In total this amounts to around 25-30 per cent of German agricultural exports to third countries that are handled by GETREIDE AG.

As part of this, a young, 15-strong team of traders coordinates product purchasing and sales. Our target clients are agricultural businesses which are capable of storing their own cereals and rape. There is flexible reception of raw materials. Varying qualities or moist goods are separated at the loading premises in Rostock and Hamburg or prepared in dryer systems. We focus on efficiency in the value chain – we rely on vertically integrated goods flows from agricultural companies directly into the export markets or into the vegetable oil, protein meal or malt markets. Our highly diversified supplier portfolio guarantees raw materials security and delivery reliability to end clients. Continuous agricultural monitoring is a key pillar in the supply of raw materials and is further expanded through investments.