07/07/2014: Barcelona - a capital for the vegoils trade

АPК-Inform Agency and AFOEX (Spanish Association of Vegoils Producers) announce the 6th international conference "Oilseeds & Oils - 2014" in Barcelona (Spain) from October 6-7, 2014. The event will take place in the city, where so many trade routes come together. 

The event will focus on quality issues as well as logistics, and gather oilseed traders and crushers from many destinations to make the event internationally important. 

The conference in organized under support of: Spanish Association of Vegoils Producers (AFOEX), Ukrainian association of crushers (Ukroliaprom) and Fat-and-Oil Union of Russia (Rosiyskiy Maslozhirovoy soyuz)

Main topics of the conference:

• Global vegoils trade: 2013/14 MY results, and forecasts for 2014/15 MY
• European market of vegoils and oilseeds: trade, regulations and main players
• North African vegoils market: consumption and import trends
• Quality issues of European vegoils market: what importers should know.
• Black sea veg oils market: increasing exports against all odds
• South America vs Black sea countries: do importers benefit the competition on the sunflower oil market?
• Crushers margins in the EU, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina
• Soybean market of Europe. Main trends and future developments of the market
• Vegoils logistics: how to optimize the transportation in challenging conditions

The conference program includes:

• Excursion to the biggest refinery in Spain, visiting port facilities
• Round-table discussion: EU oilseeds and vegoils market: quality aspects for suppliers (regulations and requirements)

Target audience: trading companies, large-scale producers of oilseeds, crushers, importers of seeds, oilseeds and by-products, specialists on estimation of qualitative parameters of oilseeds and by-products, engineering companies, investment funds, experts of analytical and consulting agencies, surveyor companies, transport-forwarding companies, brokers, representatives of industrial associations, organizations (governmental and non-governmental) and state departments.

Expected number of participants - 250 delegates from Spain, Morocco, Ukraine, France, India, Portugal, Turkey, Russia, the Netherlands, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, etc.

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