The four major grain traders in the food industry have surfaced

The international four major grain traders refer to the four major multinational companies of American ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus. According to the initials of the English name, they are simply referred to as “ABCD”. The four major grain merchants are multinational grain traders with a history of more than 100 years. At present, 80% of the world's grain trade volume is monopolized in the hands of the four major grain traders. “Only they can be priced.” So who are they?

American ADM

The founder of ADM started the business as early as 1902, but in 1905 the name Archer Daniels was registered in the United States. ADM is headquartered in Dicko, Illinois, USA. When the capital slowly accumulated, after the acquisition of Midland Linseed Products Company in 1923, the company officially changed its name to Archer Daniels Midland.

ADM's business scope covers the flour industry, food processing industry, feed industry, special food industry, cocoa industry and nutrition industry.

Since the 1980s, ADM has begun to go global. Established Asia Pacific Branch in Hong Kong in 1983; acquired in the Netherlands and Germany in 1986; officially entered China in 2000.

Today, ADM has become a huge and intertwined multinational company. Its businesses include food, beverages, therapeutics and feeds. There are about 270 various manufacturing plants located around the world, engaged in cocoa, corn processing, food additives, nutritional supplements, steroids, edible oils, etc. Production and marketing.

In addition, it is engaged in large-scale industries such as agricultural grain storage and transportation. ADM is the world's largest grain and oilseed processing plant, the largest soybean crushing plant and corn additive manufacturing plant in the United States, the second largest flour mill in the United States and the fifth largest grain export trading company in the world.

Bunge

Founded by his founder Johann Peter Gottlieb Bunge in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1818, his grandson moved his headquarters to Belgium in 1859.

The company was mainly engaged in the overseas colony of spices and rubber business. After joining the Jewish grain trader Alfred Hirsch, the business began to expand into other crops, including various food and oilseeds.

In 1935, Bunge entered North America. After that, the company developed rapidly in South and North America. In 1999, it officially moved its headquarters to New York, USA. In 2000, Bunge officially entered China. Based on the idea of ​​balanced global development, in 2004 Bunge increased its investment in Eastern Europe. Today, Bunge has more than 450 factories in 32 countries and has grown to become the world's fourth largest grain export company.

According to public reports, Bunge is currently Brazil's largest grain exporter, the second largest soybean exporter in the US, the third largest grain exporter, the third largest soybean processor, the world's fourth largest grain exporter, and the largest oil crop. Processor. In addition to food processing and export, Bunge has expanded its operations to textiles, fertilizers, paints and banks, with factories and operations throughout Brazil and the United States.

Cargill